HMS Rye

HMS Rye

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Rye", either after the cereal rye, or the town of Rye, East Sussex:

*HMS "Rye" was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1696. She was rebuilt in 1717 as a 24-gun sixth rate and used as a breakwater from 1727. She was broken up in 1735.
*HMS "Rye" was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1727 and broken up in 1735.
*HMS "Rye" was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and wrecked in 1744.
*HMS "Rye" was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1763.
*HMS "Rye" was to have been a wood screw gunvessel. She was ordered in 1860, but cancelled in 1863.
*HMS "Rye" was a "Bangor" class minesweeper launched in 1940 and sold in 1948.


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