- HMS Shannon
Nine
ship s of theRoyal Navy have borne the name HMS "Shannon", after theRiver Shannon , the longest river inIreland :*HMS "Shannon" was a 28-gun
sixth-rate launched in 1757 and broken up 1765.
*HMS "Shannon" was a 32-gunfifth-rate frigate launched in 1796 and sold in 1802.
*HMS "Shannon" was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in September 1803. She had been intended to be called HMS "Pallas", but was renamed in 1802 before being launched. She ran ashore in December that year and was burnt to avoid capture.
*HMS "Shannon" was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1806, converted into areceiving ship in 1832, renamed HMS "St. Lawrence" in 1844, and broken up in 1859.
*HMS "Shannon" was a 10-gunschooner listed on the Canadian lakes in 1814.
*HMS "Shannon" was a 2-gunIndia nschooner on theNavy List in 1832.
*HMS "Shannon" was a wooden-hulledscrew frigate launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
*HMS "Shannon" was anironclad screw frigate intended to operate largely under sail far from friendly ports, and as such was the first Britisharmoured cruiser . She was launched in 1875 and sold for scrapping in 1899.
*HMS "Shannon" was a "Minotaur" classarmoured cruiser launched in 1906 and sold in 1922.
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