Two ships and a
shore establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.
"Stone frigate" is an informal term that has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the First French Empire, ...
of 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 ''Boscawen'', after Admiral
Edward Boscawen
Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, PC (19 August 171110 January 1761) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall, England. He is known principally for his various naval commands during ...
, whilst another ship was planned:
* was a 4-gun
cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773.
* HMS ''Boscawen'' was to have been an 80-gun
second rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a second-rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th-century second rates had fewer guns ...
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...
. She was laid down in 1811 but subsequently cancelled.
* was a 70-gun
third rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third r ...
launched in 1844. She was converted into a training ship in 1874 and was renamed ''Wellesley''. She was damaged by fire in 1914 and was subsequently broken up.
* was a training establishment in a number of locations, in service from 1862 to 1922 at Portland and later Shotley, and again from 1932 to 1947. A number of ships were renamed HMS ''Boscawen'' whilst serving as homes for the base:
** was HMS ''Boscawen'' from 1873 to 1906.
** was HMS ''Boscawen II'' from 1893 to 1904, and HMS ''Boscawen'' from 1904 to 1905.
** was HMS ''Boscawen III'' from 1905 to 1906.
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Royal Navy ship names
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