HMS_Gibraltar
HMS Gibraltar
List of ships with the same or similar names
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gibraltar, after the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
- The first HMS Gibraltar (1711) was a 20-gun sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt in 1727, and sold in 1748. It was the first command of John Byng, who was afterwards to be court-martialled and executed in the opening stages of the Seven Years' War.
- The second HMS Gibraltar (1754) was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1754 to 1773.
- The third HMS Gibraltar (1779) was an American 14-gun brig captured in 1779, then in turn captured by the Spanish in 1781.
- The fourth HMS Gibraltar (1780) was the 80-gun Spanish FĂ©nix captured at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780, used as a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1836.
- The fifth HMS Gibraltar was a 101-gun screw first rate launched in 1860, on loan as a training ship in 1872, renamed Grampian in 1889, and sold in 1899.
- The sixth HMS Gibraltar (1892) was an Edgar-class cruiser launched in 1892, made into a depot ship in 1912, and sold in 1923.
- The seventh HMS Gibraltar (D68) was to have been a Malta-class aircraft carrier, ordered from Vickers Armstrong on 15 September 1943, but cancelled in October 1945.