HMS Cornwall

HMS Cornwall

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Cornwall" after the Duchy of Cornwall. "Cornwall's" motto is "unus et omnes" (one and all).

*HMS|Cornwall|1692|6 was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1692 and broken up in 1761.
*HMS|Cornwall|1761|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1761. She was damaged in action in 1780, and subsequently burnt as unserviceable.
*HMS "Cornwall" was the name initially chosen for HMS|Heir Apparent, a 74-gun third rate captured from the Danish in 1807, but the name was not used.
*HMS|Cornwall|1812|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1812. She was reduced to 50 guns in 1831, was renamed HMS "Wellesley" in 1869 and served as a school ship until broken up in 1874.
*HMS "Cornwall" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1815 as HMS|Wellesley|1815|6. She was renamed HMS "Cornwall" in 1868 when she became a school ship, and was sunk in 1940.
*HMS|Cornwall|1902|6 was a "Monmouth"-class armoured cruiser launched in 1902 and sold in 1920.
*HMS|Cornwall|56|6 was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sunk by Japanese air attack during the Indian Ocean raid in 1942.
*HMS|Cornwall|F99|6 is a Type 22 Batch 3 frigate launched in 1985 and currently in service.

Battle honours

*Barfleur 1692
*Falkland Islands 1914
*Dardanelles 1915

References

*Colledge


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