Seven ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have borne the name HMS Weymouth, after the English

England

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 town of Weymouth, whilst another two were planned:
, a 14-gun ship, formerly the Royalist

Cavalier

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 HMS Cavendish. She was captured in 1645 by the Parliamentarians

Roundhead

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, and was sold in 1662., a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1718 and was broken up in 1732., a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1736 and wrecked in 1745., a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1752 and broken up in 1772., a 56-gun fourth rate, previously the East Indiaman Earl Mansfield. She was purchased on the stocks and launched in 1795. She was converted into a storeship in 1798 and rearmed with 26 guns. She was wrecked in 1800., a 36-gun fifth rate, previously the East Indiaman Wellesley. She was purchased in 1804, and by 1811 had been converted into a 16-gun storeship. She was used as a convict ship

Convict ship

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 from 1828 and was sold in 1865.

• HMS Weymouth was to have been a wood screw corvette
  Corvette
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  . She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863., a Town class
  Town class cruiser (1910)
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   light cruiser
  Light cruiser
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   launched in 1910 and sold in 1928.
• HMS Weymouth was a proposed name for a Rothesay class
  Rothesay class frigate
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   frigate
  Frigate
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  . The ship in question was redesigned and subsequently became the Leander class
  Leander class frigate
  The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973...
  
   frigate HMS Leander
  HMS Leander (F109)
  HMS Leander was the nameship of the of the Royal Navy . She was originally intended to be part of the and would have been known as Weymouth. Leander was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. She was built by the famous Harland & Wolff of Belfast...
  
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