HMS Severn

Eight ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Severn" after the River Severn:

* The first "Severn" was a fourth-rate two-decked ship of 50 guns launched in 1695, rebuilt in 1739, captured by the French in 1746, and recaptured by the Royal Navy in 1747 but not taken back into service.
* The second "Severn" was a fourth-rate 50-gun two-decker launched in 1747 and sold in 1759.
* The third "Severn" was an "Adventure"-class fifth-rate of 44-guns.
* A fifth-rate of 38 guns was to have been named "Severn", but was renamed "Tagus" before her launch in 1813.
* The fourth "Severn" was an "Endymion"-class fourth rate 40-gun ship of 1813 sold in 1825.
* A fifth-rate of 46 guns was ordered in 1825 but cancelled in 1831.
* The fifth "Severn" was a fourth-rate of 50 guns launched in 1856. She was one of the last frigates with a sailing mast and was broken up in 1876.
* The sixth "Severn", launched in 1885, was a "Mersey"-class protected cruiser.
* The seventh "Severn" was a "Humber"-class monitor, originally built for Brazil but purchased in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I as a shore-bombardment ship.
* The eighth "Severn" (N57), launched in 1934, was a "Thames"-class submarine. She served in World War II and was scrapped in 1946
* The ninth and current "Severn" (P282) is a River-class patrol vessel, launched in 2002.

Battle honours

*Algiers 1816
*Konigsberg 1915
*Sicily 1943
*Aegean 1943
*Norway 1940
*Atlantic 1940–1941
*Belgian Coast 1914

References

*Colledge

External links

* http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/4716.html