Three ships 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 ''Faulknor'' after members of the
Faulknor family
The Faulknor family was an English family from Northamptonshire, of which several generations served as officers in the Royal Navy.
William Faulknor
William Faulknor (d. 25 February 1725) first appears as fourth lieutenant of the '' Royal William ...
, which included several distinguished naval officers:
* was a commandeered from the
Chilean Navy and launched in 1914. She was returned to Chile in 1920 and commissioned as the
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 ...
''Almirante Riveros''.
* was a
river gunboat, previously the civilian ''Po-on'', purchased in 1925 and sold in 1928.
* was an
F-class destroyer launched in 1933 and scrapped in 1946.
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Royal Navy ship names