HMS Forth

HMS Forth

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Forth", after the River Forth:

*HMS "Forth" was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate, but she was renamed HMS "Tigris" in 1812 before being launched in 1813.
*HMS|Forth|1813|6 was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1813 and broken up in 1819.
*HMS|Forth|1833|6 was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1833. She was converted to a screw frigate and undocked in 1856. She became a coal hulk in 1869 and was renamed HMS "Jupiter", before being sold in 1833.
*HMS|Forth|1886|6 was a "Mersey" class cruiser launched in 1886. She was to have been renamed HMS "Howard" in 1920, but this did not happen and she was sold in 1921.
*HMS|Forth|A187|6 was a submarine depot ship launched in 1938. She was renamed HMS "Defiance" between 1972 and 1978 and was sold for scrapping in 1985.


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