HMS Cressy
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Cressy, after the Battle of Crécy
.
was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1810 and broken up in 1832. was an 80-gun screw propelled third rate launched in 1853 and sold in 1867. was a Cressy-class
armoured cruiser launched in 1899 and sunk by a U-boat
in 1914.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Cressy, after the Battle of Crécy
Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 near Crécy in northern France, and was one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years' War...
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was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1810 and broken up in 1832. was an 80-gun screw propelled third rate launched in 1853 and sold in 1867. was a Cressy-class
Cressy class cruiser
The Cressy class cruiser was a class of six armoured cruisers launched between December 1899 and May 1901, for the Royal Navy.-Service:...
armoured cruiser launched in 1899 and sunk by a U-boat
U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
in 1914.
- HMS CressyHMS Unicorn (1824)HMS Unicorn and her near-sister ship, HMS Trincomalee, are surviving sailing frigates of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction...
was the name given to the 46-gun fifth rate between 1941 and 1959 while she was serving as a drill ship for the Royal Naval ReserveRoyal Naval ReserveThe Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
. She was handed over for preservation in 1968.