HMS Trent

HMS Trent

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Trent", after the River Trent:

*HMS "Trent" was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1757 and sold in 1764.
*HMS "Trent" was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1796, a hospital ship in 1803, a receiving ship in 1818 and was broken up in 1823.
*HMS "Trent" was a 17-gun sloop laid down in 1862. She was selected for conversion to an ironclad, and renamed HMS|Research|1863|6 later that year, before being launched in 1863.
*HMS "Trent" was a iron screw gunboat launched in 1877. She was renamed HMS "Pembroke" in 1905, and HMS "Gannet" in 1917 when she served as a diving tender. She was scrapped in 1923.
*HMS|Trent|K243|6 was a River class frigate launched in 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy in 1946 and was renamed "Kukri". She was converted into a survey vessel in 1952 and renamed "Investigator". She was broken up in 1975.

ee also

*The mail steamer RMS "Trent", at the centre of the Trent Affair.


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