HMS Kent

HMS Kent

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Kent", after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

*HMS "Kent" was a 46-gun fourth-rate launched in 1652 as the "Kentish Frigate", renamed "Kent" in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
*HMS "Kent" was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
*HMS "Kent" was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
*HMS "Kent" was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
*HMS "Kent" was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
*HMS "Kent" was a 16-gun gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
*HMS "Kent" was to have been a 91-gun second-rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
*HMS "Kent" was originally the 98-gun second rate "Impregnable". She was renamed HMS "Kent" in 1888 and then HMS "Caledonia" in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
*HMS "Kent" was a "Monmouth" class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
*HMS "Kent" was a County class heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sold in 1948.
*HMS "Kent" was a County class guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
*HMS "Kent" is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1998 and currently in service.

Battle honours

*1653 Portland (as the "Kentish Frigate")
*1654 Gabbard (as the "Kentish Frigate")
*1655 Porto Farina
*1665 Lowestoft
*1666 Orfordness
*1692 Barfleur
*1702 Vigo
*1703 Velez Malaga
*1718 Cape Passero
*1747 Ushant
*1801 Egypt
*1914 Falkland Islands
*1940 Atlantic
*1940 Mediterranean
*1942 - 43 Arctic
*1944 Norway

ee also

*HMS "Kentish"
*HMS "Kentville"


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