HMS Ceylon

HMS Ceylon

HMS "Ceylon", is the name used by three ships of the British Royal Navy. They were named after the former British colony Ceylon, which is now Sri Lanka.

* HMS "Ceylon" (1808), 32 gun frigate launched as HCS "Bombay", purchased by the Royal Navy in 1805, serving with them as HMS|Bombay|1805|6, renamed HMS "Ceylon" in 1808 and converted to a troopship in 1817, eventually being sold in 1875
*HMS "Ceylon" (1916), a private yacht requisitioned in 1915 and returned to her owners in 1916
*HMS "Ceylon" (1943), 8000 ton displacement Crown Colony-class cruiser commissioned in 1943, which fought in the East Indies in World War II. After further service, she was sold to Peru in 1960 and renamed the "Coronel Bolognesi" until being decommissioned in 1982.


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