Seven ships of the
British Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Gibraltar'', after the
British overseas territory
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of
Gibraltar
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* The first was a 20-gun
sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt in 1727, and sold in 1748. It was the first command of
John Byng, who was afterwards to be
court-martial
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led and
executed in the opening stages of the
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754†...
.
* The second was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1754 to 1773.
* The third was an American 14-gun
brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the ...
captured in 1779, then in turn captured by the Spanish in 1781.
* The fourth was the 80-gun
Spanish captured at the
Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780, used as a
powder hulk
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in 1813 and broken up in 1836.
* The fifth
HMS ''Gibraltar'' was a 101-gun screw
first rate launched in 1860, on loan as a training ship in 1872, renamed ''Grampian'' in 1889, and sold in 1899.
* The sixth was an launched in 1892, made into a
depot ship
A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small ships with similarly limited space for maintenance equipment and crew dining, berthing an ...
in 1912, and sold in 1923.
* The seventh was to have been a , ordered from
Vickers Armstrong on 15 September 1943, but cancelled in October 1945.
See also
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References
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Royal Navy ship names
Military of Gibraltar