HMS_Bristol
HMS Bristol
List of ships with the same or similar names
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bristol, after the English port city of Bristol:
- HMS Bristol (1653) was a 48-gun ship launched in 1653, completely rebuilt in 1693, captured by the French in April 1709, recaptured two weeks later and sunk.
- HMS Bristol (1711) was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1711. She underwent a rebuild in 1746 which rearmed her with 50 guns, and was broken up in 1768.
- HMS Bristol (1775) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1775. She served in the American War of Independence, was used as a prison ship after 1794, and was broken up in 1810.
- Bristol was originally the 64-gun third rate HMS Agincourt. She was renamed HMS Bristol when she became a prison ship in 1812. She was sold in 1814 for immediate breaking up.
- HMS Bristol (1861) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and broken up in 1883.
- HMS Bristol (1910) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1910. She was the name ship of the Bristol subgroup and was sold in 1921.
- HMS Bristol (1939) was a training establishment ('stone frigate') set up in House 4 of Muller's Orphanage in Bristol.[1]
- HMS Bristol (D23) was a unique Type 82 destroyer launched in 1973, later and moored at HMS Excellent, Portsmouth as a training ship, finally decommissioned in October 2020 after 47 years in the RN.
