HMS Mersey

HMS Mersey

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Mersey" after the River Mersey in the north-west of England that has become synonymous with Liverpool.

*The first "Mersey" was a "Conway"-class 26-gun Sixth-rate, launched in 1814.
*The second "Mersey" was a wooden screw frigate commissioned just six years after the first "Mersey" in 1858.
*The third "Mersey" was the lead ship of her class of protected cruiser. She was launched at Chatham, United Kingdom in March 1885.
*The fourth "Mersey" was an "Humber"-class monitor built in 1914 by Vickers for Brazil, among the first of a new type of specialised shore-bombardment warships. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I.
*The fifth and current "Mersey" is a "River"-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) designed primarily for fishery protection duties around UK waters. She was launched at Southampton and commissioned into the Fleet on 28 November 2003.


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