HMS Jamaica

HMS Jamaica

Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Jamaica", after the island colony of Jamaica:

* HMS Jamaica (1710), a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and wrecked in 1715
* HMS Jamaica (1744), a 14-gun sloop launched 1744 and foundered 1770 off Jamaica
* HMS Jamaica (1779), a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold in 1783
* HMS Jamaica (1796), formerly the French "Percente", captured in 1796 and taken in as a 26-gun 6th-rate, sold in 1814
* HMS Jamaica (1825), 52-gun 4th-rate ordered in 1825 and cancelled in 1829
* HMS Jamaica (C44), a cruiser launched 1940 and scrapped 1960


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