- HMS Talbot
Six ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Talbot", probably afterJohn Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury :*HMS "Talbot" was a ship, listed in 1585.
*HMS "Talbot" was a 10-gunketch launched in 1691 and wrecked in 1694. She had been in French hands between June 1691 and November 1693.
*HMS "Talbot" was an 18-gunsloop launched in 1807 and sold in 1815.
*HMS "Talbot" was a 28-gunsixth rate launched in 1824, converted to a powder hulk in 1855 and sold in 1896.
*HMS "Talbot" was an "Eclipse" classprotected cruiser launched in 1895 and sold in 1921.
*HMS "Talbot" was previously HMS "M29", an "M29" class monitor launched in 1915. She had been converted into aminelayer in 1919 and renamed HMS "Medusa" in 1925. She was converted into a depot ship in 1941 and renamed HMS "Talbot". She was renamed HMS "Medway II" in 1943, and "Medusa" again in 1944. She was sold in 1946 and broken up in 1947.HMS "Talbot" was also the name of the Royal Navy's submarine base at
Malta during theSecond World War .
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