HMS Akbar

HMS Akbar

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Akbar", the Arabic word for "Great". Two others were planned but never commissioned:

*HMS "Akbar" was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was laid down in 1807 but was cancelled in 1809.
*HMS "Akbar" was a 54-gun fourth rate, purchased in 1801 as HMS|Cornwallis|1801|6. She was renamed HMS "Akbar" in 1806 and used as a troopship. She was used for harbour service from 1824 and was sold in 1862.
*HMS "Akbar" was a training ship launched in 1816 as the 74-gun third rate HMS|Hero|1816|6. She was renamed HMS "Wellington" in 1816 and "Akbar" in 1862. She was sold for breaking up in 1906.
*HMS|Akbar|1841|6 was a wooden paddle frigate launched in 1841 and sold in 1859.
*HMS "Akbar" was an iron-hulled screw-propelled ship launched in 1876 as HMS|Temeraire|1876|6. She became a training ship in 1904 and was renamed HMS "Indus II", and then HMS "Akbar" in 1915. She was sold in 1921.
*HMS "Akbar" was to have been a "Catherine" class minesweeper. She was launched in 1942 but retained for service with the US Navy.


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