HMS Colchester

HMS Colchester

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Colchester", after the town of Colchester:

*HMS|Colchester|1654|6 was a 24-gun ship launched in 1654 and sunk in action in 1666.
*HMS|Colchester|1664|6 was an 8-gun ketch launched in 1664 and captured by the French in 1667.
*HMS|Colchester|1694|6 was a 48-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1694. She foundered in 1704.
*HMS|Colchester|1707|6 was a 54-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1707, rebuilt in 1721 and broken up in 1742.
*HMS|Colchester|1744|6 was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1744 and wrecked later that year on the Kentish Knock.
*HMS|Colchester|1746|6 was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1746 and broken up in 1773.

HMS "Colchester Castle" was a planned Castle class corvette, cancelled in 1943.

References

* British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650 - 1859 (D Hepper)
*Colledge


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