- HMS Queenborough
Six ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Queenborough", after the town ofQueenborough inKent . One of these ships was later transferred to theRoyal Australian Navy as HMAS "Queenborough".* HMS "Queenborough" (1671), a yacht built at Chatham Dockyard in 1671. She was rebuilt at Sheerness Dockyard in 1718, and was sold on 11 July 1771.
* HMS "Queenborough" (1694), a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1694. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1709, and sold on 20 August 1719.
* HMS "Queenborough" (1744), a fifth-rate of 44 guns, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 December 1709 as HMS "Fowey". She was renamed "Queenborugh" on 5 November 1744, and sold in 1746.
* HMS "Queenborough" (1747), a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched by Sparrow of Rotherhithe on 21 January 1747. She was lost in a cyclone on 1 January 1761
* HMS "Queenborough" (1800), a cutter of 12 guns serving from 1800 to 1806.
* HMS "Queenborough" (G70), a Q class destroyer launched by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1942, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945.References
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