HMS Gloucester

HMS Gloucester

Eleven vessels, and one planned, of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Gloucester", after Gloucester, the city in England.

* The first "Gloucester" was a 54-gun ship launched in 1654 and wrecked in 1682.
* The second "Gloucester" was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1695, on harbour service after 1706, and broken up in 1731.
* The third "Gloucester" was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in July 1709 and captured by the French in October of the same year.
* The fourth "Gloucester" was a 50-gun fourth-rate in service from 1711 to 1724.
* The fifth "Gloucester" was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1737 and burned in 1742 to forestall capture.
* The sixth "Gloucester" 50-gun fourth-rate in service from 1745 to 1764.
* The seventh "Gloucester" was a 10-gun brig launched on Lake Erie in 1807, captured by the Americans in April 1813 and destroyed by the British a few weeks later.
* The eighth "Gloucester" was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1812 and sold 1884.
* The ninth "Gloucester" was a Town-class light cruiser in service from 1909 to 1921.
* The tenth "Gloucester" was a Town-class cruiser launched in 1937 and sunk off Crete in 1941. The wreck site is a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act.
* A 2,170 ton frigate to be named "Gloucester" was ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956 but later cancelled.
* The eleventh "Gloucester" is a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1982.


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