Four ships that served the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

have borne the name HMS ''Alfred'': * was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, launched 1778 and out of service in 1814 *, launched in 1774 as ''Black Prince'', was captured by British warships on March 9, 1778, near Barbados, and served as HMS ''Alfred'', a sloop of 20 guns, until 1782. * was a 8-gun armed brig, hired between 1793 and 1801 * was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, launched in 1811 as HMS ''Asia'', renamed HMS ''Alfred'' in 1819 and broken up in 1865 * was a screw storeship, renamed HMS ''Abundance'' in 1855, out of service in 1856

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