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 been named HMS ''Gosport'', after the
Hampshire
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town of
Gosport
Gosport ( ) is a town and non-metropolitan borough on the south coast of Hampshire, South East England. At the 2011 Census, its population was 82,662. Gosport is situated on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour, opposite t ...
, located close to the
naval base
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at
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
:
* was a 32-gun
fifth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower.
Rating
The rating system in the Royal N ...
launched in 1696. She was captured by the French in 1706.
* was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1707 and broken up in 1735.
* was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741 and broken up by 1768.
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Royal Navy ship names