HMS Donegal

HMS Donegal

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Donegal", after the failed French attempt to land in County Donegal in 1798 [ [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/name_histories_d.htm Name histories] ] :

*HMS "Donegal" was a 76-gun third rate, previously the French ship "Hoche". She was captured in 1798 and commissioned into the Navy as HMS "Donegal". She was broken up in 1845. [Lyon p 41]
*HMS "Donegal" was a 101-gun first rate "Conqueror"-class ship of the line launched in 1858. She became part of the torpedo and mining school ship HMS "Vernon" in 1886 and was sold in 1925. [Lyon p 189]
*HMS "Donegal" was a "Monmouth"-class armoured cruiser launched in 1902. She served in the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1920.

References

*Colledge
*Lyon, D. & Winfield, R. "The Sail & Steam Navy List", London (2004): Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1 86176 032 9


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