HMS Breda

HMS Breda

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Breda", after the Declaration of Breda:

*, a 40-gun sclass|Elizabeth|frigate|0 frigate launched in 1654 as "Nantwich", renamed in 1660 and wrecked in 1666.
*, a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1679 and blown up by accident in 1690.
*, a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1692, and broken up in 1730.
* HMS "Bredah" was to have been a 70-gun third rate, but she was renamed HMS|Prince of Orange|1734|6 before being launched in 1734.


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