Four ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Curacoa'', after the island in the
Caribbean Sea more usually spelled
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
:
*, a 36-gun
fifth rate launched in 1809. She was reduced to 24 guns in 1831 and broken up in 1849.
*, a wood screw
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
launched in 1854. She was
flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically the fi ...
of the
Australia Station during the
New Zealand Wars and was broken up in 1869.
*, a screw
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
launched in 1878 and sold in 1904.
*, a
light cruiser launched in 1917 and accidentally sunk by in 1942.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curacoa, Hms
Royal Navy ship names