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Numerous ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Portsmouth , after the
English port city and home of a
naval base .
HMS Portsmouth (1650) , Portsmouth during the
English Commonwealth , a 38-gun fourth-rate
frigate launched in 1650 and exploded after being captured by the French ship Marquis 1689.
HMS Portsmouth (1665) , a 14-gun
ketch launched in 1665 and captured in 1673 by the Dutch Navy.
HMS Portsmouth (1667) , a 6-gun
sloop launched in 1667 and captured in 1672 by the Dutch Navy.
HMS Portsmouth (1674) , an 8-gun
yacht launched in 1674 and wrecked in 1703.
HMS Portsmouth (1690) , a 32-gun
fifth rate launched in 1690 and captured by the French Navy in 1696.
HMS Portsmouth (1702) , a 6-gun yacht launched in 1702, rebuilt and renamed HMS Medina in 1772 and broken up in 1832.
HMS Portsmouth (1707) , a 42-gun fifth rate launched in 1707, converted to a hospital ship in 1720 and broken up in 1728.
HMS Portsmouth (1741) , a
storeship launched in 1741 and wrecked in 1747 off
Longsands .
HMS Portsmouth (1742) , a 6-gun yacht launched in 1742 and broken up in 1869.
HMS Portsmouth (1747) , a transport purchased in 1747 and sold in 1767.
HMS Portsmouth (1756) , a 6-gun
busse purchased in 1756 and wrecked off
Senegal in 1758.
HMS Portsmouth (1759) , a 4-gun transport launched in 1759.
HMS Portsmouth (1811) , an
Aid -class storeship launched in 1811, converted to a coal hulk in 1828 and broken up in 1834.
See also
References
Colledge, J. J. ; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969].
Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-86176-281-8 .