HMS St Vincent
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Four ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS St Vincent:
was an 8-gun fireship captured from the French in 1692 and sold in 1698. was a 14-gun sloop
, previously the Spanish ship San Vicente. She was captured in 1780 and sold was sold in 1783. was a 120-gun first-rate
ship of the line
launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used as a training ship from 1862, and sold in 1906. was a St Vincent class battleship
launched in 1908 and sold in 1921. was a boy/junior training establishment in Gosport
from 1927 to 1969.
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 St Vincent:
was an 8-gun fireship captured from the French in 1692 and sold in 1698. was a 14-gun sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
, previously the Spanish ship San Vicente. She was captured in 1780 and sold was sold in 1783. was a 120-gun first-rate
First-rate
First rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line. While the size and establishment of guns and men changed over the 250 years that the rating system held sway, from the early years of the eighteenth century the first rates comprised those ships mounting 100...
ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used as a training ship from 1862, and sold in 1906. was a St Vincent class battleship
Battleship
A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
launched in 1908 and sold in 1921. was a boy/junior training establishment in Gosport
Gosport
Gosport is a town, district and borough situated on the south coast of England, within the county of Hampshire. It has approximately 80,000 permanent residents with a further 5,000-10,000 during the summer months...
from 1927 to 1969.
- HMS St VincentHMS President (shore establishment)HMS President is a stone frigate, or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve; on the northern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.-Present day:...
was the home of the Royal Navy section of 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...
's London centre, HMS PresidentHMS President (shore establishment)HMS President is a stone frigate, or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve; on the northern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.-Present day:...
between 1983 and 1992. was the Navy's communication centre in WhitehallWhitehallWhitehall is a road in Westminster, in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards Charing Cross at the southern end of Trafalgar Square...
from 1992 to 1998. It then became known as 'MARCOMM COMCEN (St Vincent)'.