- HMS Norfolk
Six ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Norfolk", from an 80-gunthird-rate to today's powerful and sleek Type 23frigate . The "Norfolk" motto is "Serviens servo" ("serving, I preserve"). The ships are named after theDuke of Norfolk or the county ofNorfolk .*The first "Norfolk" was an 80-gun
third-rate , named afterHenry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk . She was built atSouthampton and launched in 1693.
*The second "Norfolk" was a slightly larger 74-gun third-rate, displacing 1,556 tons. She was launched on 8 December 1757 atDeptford .
*Little details are known of the third "Norfolk". There are a small number of ships logs which state that she was a Cutter that was hired by theRoyal Navy .
*The fourth "Norfolk" (78) was a County-classheavy cruiser . She was commissioned on 30th April 1930. "Norfolk" was involved in many famous encounters during WWII, and was scrapped in 1950.
*The fifth "Norfolk" (D21) was commissioned in March 1970. She was a County-class destroyer. She was sold toChile in 1982, renamed Capitán Prat. She was retired from the Chilean surface fleet in February 2006, and is scheduled to be decommissioned.
*The sixth and current "HMS Norfolk (F230) " was commissioned in November 1989, and was the first of the Type 23 or 'Duke' Class frigates. The vessel was sold to Chile and will be renamedAlmirante Cochrane in November of 2006 (handover ceremony took place in Portsmouth on Wednesday 22 November 2006).Battle HonoursVelez Malaga 1704, Cartagena 1741, Toulon1744, Pondicherry 1760, Manila 1761, Atlantic1941 "Bismarck" 1941,
Arctic 1941-43, North Africa 1942, North Cape 1943,Norway 1945See also
Other vessels called "Norfolk":
* "Norfolk" (sloop) (1798): Used byMatthew Flinders to circumnavigateVan Diemen's Land proving the existence ofBass Strait .
* "Norfolk" (brig) (1797)
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