HMS ''Forte'' may refer to more than one ship of the British
Royal Navy
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* , a
French Navy
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42-gun frigate launched in 1794, captured by the Royal Navy in 1799, and wrecked in 1801.
* HMS ''Forte'', a
5th rate ordered in 1801 but subsequently canceled.
* , a 74-gun
3rd rate
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* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
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renamed HMS ''Forte'' when she became a receiving hulk in 1890.
* , a 38-gun
5th rate launched in 1814 and broken up in 1844.
* , a 51-gun
screw frigate
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for exam ...
launched in 1858, hulked in the 1870s, and destroyed by fire in 1905.
* , a
protected cruiser
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launched in 1893 and decommissioned in 1913.
* , a protected cruiser renamed HMS ''Forte'' after being hulked in 1915.
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Royal Navy ship names