HMS Hastings

HMS Hastings

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Hastings", after the town of Hastings. Another two were planned, but renamed before entering service:

*HMS|Hastings|1695|6 was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1695 and wrecked in 1697.
*HMS|Hastings|1698|6 was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1698. She capsized in 1707.
*HMS|Hastings|1707|6 was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1707, hulked in 1739 and sold in 1744 to become a privateer.
*HMS|Hastings|1741|6 was a 44-gun fifth rate originally planned as HMS "Endymion", but renamed in 1739 and launched in 1741. She was broken up in 1763.
*HMS|Hastings|1819|6 was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, previously in service as an East Indiaman. She was purchased in 1819, converted to screw propulsion in 1855, used as a coal hulk from 1870 and was sold in 1885.
*HMS|Hastings|1821|6 was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1821 and broken up in 1855.
*HMS|Hastings|L27|6 was a "Hastings"-class sloop launched in 1930 and broken up in 1946.
*HMS "Hastings" was to have been a "Rothesay" class frigate. She was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1957 and renamed HMNZS "Otago", being launched in 1958.
*HMS "Hastings" was to have been a "Leander"-class Batch 2TA frigate. She was renamed HMS|Dido|F104|6 before her launch in 1961.


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