HMS St David

HMS St David

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "St David", after Saint David, patron saint of Wales:

*HMS|St David|1667|6 was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1667. She foundered in 1690, was raised in 1691 and hulked, and finally sold in 1713.
*HMS "St David" is the name given to a number of tenders of the south Wales Royal Naval Reserve unit, later HMS "Flying Fox":
**Motor minesweeper "233" was HMS "St David" between 1948 and 1956
**HMS "Brereton" was HMS "St David" between 1954 and 1961
**HMS "Crichton" was HMS "St David" between 1961 and 1976.
*HMS|St David|1978|6 was a converted minesweeper launched in 1972 as the commercial trawler "Suffolk Monarch". She was converted and commissioned into the Severn RNVR in 1978 and was returned to her original owner in 1983. She was converted into an oil rig safety/standby vessel.

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