HMS Hampshire

HMS Hampshire

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Hampshire" after the English county:

*The first "Hampshire" was a 46-gun ship launched in 1653 and sunk in 1697 in action with the French ship "Pelican" in Hudson Bay during the War of the Grand Alliance.
*The second "Hampshire" was a 48-gun fourth-rate launched in 1698 and broken up in 1739.
*The third "Hampshire" was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1741 and broken up in 1766.
*The fourth "Hampshire", launched in 1903, was a "Devonshire"-class armoured cruiser. She served in World War I and was sunk by a mine on 5 June 1916.
*The fifth "Hampshire" (FY173), launched in 1934, was a trawler commissioned as an anti-submarine vessel in 1939. She was sold to the French Navy in 1939.
*The sixth "Hampshire" (D06), launched in 1963, was a County-class guided missile destroyer. She was scrapped in 1979.

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