HMS Lenox
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Two ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Lenox:
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 Lenox:
- HMS LenoxHMS Lenox (1678)HMS Lenox was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 18 April 1678.She was rebuilt at Deptford in 1701, remaining as a 70-gun third rate. In 1707, she had belonged to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet...
was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1678. She was rebuilt in 1701, and again in 1723, before being sunk as a breakwaterBreakwater (structure)Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.-Purposes of breakwaters:...
in 1756. - HMS LenoxHMS Lenox (1758)HMS Lenox was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 February 1758 at Chatham Dockyard.She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784....
was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1758. She was sunk as a breakwater in 1784, before being raised and broken up in 1789.
See also
- Royal Navy ships named HMS LennoxHMS LennoxTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lennox, probably after the historic Scottish region of Lennox, and its associated Duchy and Earldom:...