HMS Dunkirk

HMS Dunkirk

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Dunkirk", after the Channel seaport of Dunkirk, France:

*HMS "Dunkirk" was a 2-gun ketch captured from the French in 1656 and sold in 1660.
*HMS "Dunkirk" was a 48-gun fourth-rate. She was launched in 1651 under the name "Worcester", but she was renamed "Dunkirk" on the Restoration in 1660. She was rebuilt in 1704 and 1734, and was broken up in 1749.
*HMS "Dunkirk" was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1754. She was on harbour service from 1778 and was sold in 1792.
*HMS "Dunkirk" was a Battle class destroyer launched in 1945 and broken up in 1965.

ee also

*HMS "Dunkirk Prize" was a 24-gun sixth rate, previously the French privateer "Le Hocquart". She was captured by HMS "Dunkirk" in 1705 and was wrecked in 1708.
*The "Dunkerque" was a French fast battleship of a similar name commissioned in 1937 and scuttled in 1942.


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