HMS Lowestoft
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Lowestoft, or the archaic HMS Lowestoffe, after the Suffolk
town of Lowestoft
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There was also HMS Lowestoffe Prize, an 8-gun brig-sloop captured in 1777 and condemned in 1779.
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 Lowestoft, or the archaic HMS Lowestoffe, after the Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
town of Lowestoft
Lowestoft
Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...
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- HMS Lowestoffe was a 28-gun fifth rate launched in 1697. She was rebuilt in 1723 as a 20-gun sixth rate and sold in 1774.
- HMS Lowestoffe was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1742 and sold in 1748.
- HMS LowestoffeHMS Lowestoffe (1756)HMS Lowestoffe was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship was designed by Sir Thomas Slade based on the earlier Lyme of 1748, "with such alterations as may tend to the better stowing of men and carrying for guns." The design provided for a 24-gun ship...
was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1756 and sunk in 1760. - HMS LowestoffeHMS Lowestoffe (1761)HMS Lowestoffe was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Built during the latter part of the Seven Years' War, she went on to see action in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary War, and served often in the Caribbean...
was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1761 and wrecked in 1801. - HMS Lowestoft was to have been a 38-gun fifth rate, ordered in 1801 and cancelled in 1805.
- HMS LowestoftHMS Lowestoft (1913)HMS Lowestoft was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 23 April 1913 from Chatham Dockyard. She was part of the Birmingham subgroup....
was a Town-classTown class cruiser (1910)The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy . These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire...
light cruiserLight cruiserA light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
launched in 1913 and scrapped in 1931. - HMS Lowestoft was a Grimsby classGrimsby class sloopWith the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. Of these eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and one for India...
sloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
launched in 1934. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Miraflores. She was scrapped in 1955. - HMS LowestoftHMS Lowestoft (F103)HMS Lowestoft was a Rothesay or Type 12 class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy. HMS Lowestoft was sunk, as a target, on June 8, 1986 by using a Tigerfish torpedo. She was the last Royal Naval target to be sunk still displaying its pennant number....
was a Rothesay or Type 12IRothesay class frigateThe Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy....
class anti-submarineAnti-submarine warfareAnti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
. She was launched in 1960 and sunk as a target in 1986.
There was also HMS Lowestoffe Prize, an 8-gun brig-sloop captured in 1777 and condemned in 1779.