HMS Winchester
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Winchester, after the English
city of Winchester
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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 Winchester, after the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
city of Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
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- HMS WinchesterHMS Winchester (1693)HMS Winchester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Bursledon on 11 April 1693.In 1695, Winchester foundered on Carysfort Reef in the Florida Keys and was lost. The remains of the wreck—now consisting of nothing more than cannon balls—were discovered in...
was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. She foundered in 1695. - HMS WinchesterHMS Winchester (1698)HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Richard Wells at Greenland North Dockyard, Rotherhithe and launched on 17 March 1698....
was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1717, was hulked in 1774 and broken up by 1781. - HMS WinchesterHMS Winchester (1744)HMS Winchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe to the dimensions prescribed by the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 3 May 1744.Winchester was sold out of the navy in 1769....
was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1769. - HMS Winchester was an 8-gun cutter launched in 1763. Her fate is unknown.
- HMS WinchesterHMS Winchester (1822)HMS Winchester was a 60-gun Southampton-class sailing frigate of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1816 at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 21 June 1822. Although designed for 60 guns, she and the rest of the class carried 52 guns. From 1831 to 1861 she served in North America and South East...
was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1822. She became a training ship in 1861 and was renamed HMS ConwayHMS Conway (school ship)HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most of its life aboard a 19th-century wooden battleship. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead...
. She was renamed HMS Mount Edgecumbe in 1876 and was sold in 1921. - HMS Winchester was a W classV and W class destroyerThe V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1918. She was converted into an escort in 1940 and was sold for breaking up in 1946.