HMS Express

HMS Express

At least three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Express":

* The first "Express" was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1896.

* The second "Express" was an E class destroyer launched in 1934.

*The third "Express" is a P2000 Archer class patrol vessel, commissioned in the 1980s, with the Pennant Number P163 (renamed and redesignated from XSV "Express" (A163) after transfer from the disbanded Royal Naval Auxiliary Service)


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