HMS Dover

HMS Dover

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Dover", after the English town and seaport of Dover:

*HMS|Dover|1649|6 was a pink captured from the Royalists in 1649 and sold in 1650.
*HMS|Dover|1654|6 was a 48-gun ship launched in 1654, rebuilt in 1695 and 1716 and broken up in 1730.
*HMS|Dover|1672|6 was an 8-gun dogger captured from the Dutch in 1672 and given away in 1677.
*HMS|Dover|1740|6 was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1763.
*HMS|Dover|1786|6 was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1786 and burnt by accident in 1806.
*HMS "Dover" was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the East Indiaman "Carron". She was purchased in 1804 and renamed HMS "Duncan". She was renamed HMS "Dover" in 1807 and was wrecked in 1811.
*HMS|Dover|1811|6 was a 38-gun troopship, previously the French ship "Bellone". She was captured in 1811, used for harbour service from 1825 and was sold in 1836.
*HMS|Dover|1840|6 was an iron paddle packet launched in 1840. She was the first iron ship in the Royal Navy, and was sold in 1866.

ee also

*HMS|Dover Prize
*HMS "Dover Castle" was a planned Castle class corvette, cancelled in 1943.


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