HMS Lewes

HMS Lewes

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Lewes" after the English town.

*"Lewes" was one of 24 Racecourse class paddle wheel minesweeper, built in Mar 1918 by Fleming & Ferguson Shipbuilders at Paisley near Glasgow.
*"Lewes" (G68) was initially USS "Craven" (DD-70), a "Caldwell"-class destroyer, in the United States Navy and was launched 29 June 1918 by the US Norfolk Navy Yard. She was commissioned as HMS "Lewes" on 23 October 1940. The vessel was scuttled off Australia in 1946.

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