Four ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Charwell'' (or ''Cherwell''), after the
River Cherwell, a tributary of the
River Thames:
*
HMS ''Charwell'' was the 18-gun French corvette ''Aurore'', which captured in 1801. She was sold in 1813.
* HMS ''Charwell'' was the 16-gun
ship-sloop
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...
HMS ''Earl of Moira'', launched in 1805 on the Great Lakes, and renamed ''Charwell'' in 1814. She was sold in 1837.
* was a
destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
launched in 1903 and sold in 1919.
*
HMS ''Cherwell'' was a ''Mersey''-class
Royal Navy trawler launched as HMS ''James Jones'' in 1918, renamed ''Cherwell'' in 1920, used as a boom-defense vessel in 1942, and sold in 1946.
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Royal Navy ship names