HMS Queenborough
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Queenborough, after the town of Queenborough
in Kent
. One of these ships was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy
as HMAS Queenborough.
, a yacht built at Chatham Dockyard in 1671. She was rebuilt at Sheerness Dockyard in 1718, and was sold on 11 July 1771., a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1694. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1709, and sold on 20 August 1719., a fifth-rate of 44 guns, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 December 1709 as HMS Fowey. She was renamed Queenborugh on 5 November 1744, and sold in 1746., a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched by Sparrow of Rotherhithe on 21 January 1747. She was lost in a cyclone on 1 January 1761, a cutter of 12 guns serving from 1800 to 1806., a Q class destroyer launched by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1942, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945.
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 Queenborough, after the town of Queenborough
Queenborough
Queenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England.Queenborough is two miles south of Sheerness. It grew as a port near the Thames Estuary at the westward entrance to The Swale where it joins the River Medway...
in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. One of these ships was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
as HMAS Queenborough.
, a yacht built at Chatham Dockyard in 1671. She was rebuilt at Sheerness Dockyard in 1718, and was sold on 11 July 1771., a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1694. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1709, and sold on 20 August 1719., a fifth-rate of 44 guns, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 December 1709 as HMS Fowey. She was renamed Queenborugh on 5 November 1744, and sold in 1746., a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched by Sparrow of Rotherhithe on 21 January 1747. She was lost in a cyclone on 1 January 1761, a cutter of 12 guns serving from 1800 to 1806., a Q class destroyer launched by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1942, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945.
Battle honours
Eight battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMS Queenborough. These battle honours are earned by an individual ship, and inherited by subsequent ships of the name.- SadrasBattle of Cuddalore (1758)The naval Battle of Cuddalore took place on 29 April 1758 during the Seven Years' War near Cuddalore off the Carnatic coast of India and was an indecisive battle between a British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and French squadron under Comte d'Aché...
1758 - NegapatamBattle of Negapatam (1758)Battle of Negapatam may refer one of the third battles between French and British fleets off the coast of Negapatam in India :* Battle of Negapatam * Battle of Negapatam * Battle of Negapatam...
1958 - Porto Novo 1759
- ArcticArctic convoys of World War IIThe Arctic convoys of World War II travelled from the United Kingdom and North America to the northern ports of the Soviet Union—Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. There were 78 convoys between August 1941 and May 1945...
1942-43 - SicilyAllied invasion of SicilyThe Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis . It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the Italian Campaign.Husky began on the night of...
1943 - Salerno 1943
- MediterraneanBattle of the MediterraneanThe Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940-2 May 1945....
1943 - OkinawaBattle of OkinawaThe Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945...
1945