HMS Salisbury

HMS Salisbury

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Salisbury" after the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire:

* HMS "Salisbury" was a 48-gun fourth rate, launched in 1698 and captured by the French in 1703. She was subsequently recaptured in 1708 and renamed "Salisbury Prize", and later renamed "Preston" in 1716. She was broken up in 1749.
* HMS "Salisbury" was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1707, rebuilt in 1726 and sold in 1749.
* HMS "Salisbury" was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1746 and condemned in 1761.
* HMS "Salisbury" was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1769 and wrecked in 1796.
* HMS "Salisbury" was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1837.
* was originally the American destroyer USS "Claxton", transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940. She was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942 and sold to them in 1944.
* was a "Salisbury"-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate launched in 1953 and expended as a target in 1985.


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