HMS Medway

Eight ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Medway", after the River Medway.

*HMS "Medway" was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693, rebuilt in 1718 and hulked in 1740. She was beached in 1748 and a sheer hulk and was broken up in 1749.
*HMS "Medway" was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1755. She was used as a receiving ship after 1787, and was renamed HMS "Arundel" in 1802. She was broken up in 1811.
*HMS "Medway" was a 6-gun storeship purchased in 1756. She was used as a dockyard craft in 1760 and was sold in 1764.
*HMS "Medway" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812. She was used as a convict ship after 1847, and was sold in 1865.
*HMS "Medway" was an iron-hulled screw gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1904.
*HMS "Medway" was an M class destroyer, originally to have been named HMS "Redwing". This was changed to "Medora" in 1915, and then "Medway" before her launch in 1916. She was sold in 1921.
*HMS "Medway" was a submarine depot ship launched in 1928 and sunk by "U-372" in 1942.
*HMS "Medway" and HMS "Medway II" were submarine base shore establishments in the Mediterranean, listed between 1942 and 1946. A number of ships were renamed HMS "Medway II" whilst serving as depot ships for the establishment, including:
**HMS "Talbot", previously HMS "M29" was "Medway II" between 1944 and 1945.
**HMS "Bagshot" was "Medway II" between 1945 and 1946.
*HMS "Medway" was the former Landing craft tank HMS "LCT 1109". She was HMS "Medway" between 1959 and 1970 whilst serving as a submarine depot ship.

ee also

*HMS "Medway Prize".
*HMS "Medway Queen"