HMS Wellington

HMS Wellington

HMS "Wellington" (launched Devonport, 1934) is a "Grimsby" class sloop, formerly of the Royal Navy. During World War II she served as a convoy escort ship in the North Atlantic. She is now moored alongside the Victoria Embankment on the River Thames in London as the headquarters ship of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners where she is known as HQS "Wellington".

HMS "President", an "Anchusa"-class corvette is moored close by.

See also

* HMS "Duke of Wellington"
* List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy

External links

* [http://www.hcmm.org.uk/hqs-wellington/5-hqs-wellington/24-history.html History of HQS "Wellington"]
* [http://www.thewellingtontrust.com The Wellington Trust]


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