HMS Dorsetshire
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Three ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Dorsetshire, after the traditional county of Dorset
shire:
was an 80-gun third-rate
launched in 1694, rebuilt in 1712, and sold in 1749. was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1757 and broken up in 1775. was a County-class
heavy cruiser
launched in 1929 and sunk in 1942.
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 been named HMS Dorsetshire, after the traditional county of Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
shire:
was an 80-gun third-rate
Third-rate
In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
launched in 1694, rebuilt in 1712, and sold in 1749. was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1757 and broken up in 1775. was a County-class
County class cruiser
The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922...
heavy cruiser
Heavy cruiser
The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre . The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930...
launched in 1929 and sunk in 1942.