Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Kent'', after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent. * was a 46-gun fourth rate launched in 1652 as the ''Kentish Frigate'', renamed ''Kent'' in 1660, and wrecked in 1672. * was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744. * was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760. * was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784. * was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881. * HMS ''Kent'' (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801. * HMS ''Kent'' was to have been a 91-gun second rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863. * HMS ''Kent'' was originally the 98-gun second rate . She was renamed HMS ''Kent'' in 1888 and then HMS ''Caledonia'' in 1891, before being broken up in 1906. * was a

armoured cruiser The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast eno ...

launched in 1901 and sold in 1920. * was a heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sold in 1948. * was a guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up. * is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1998 and currently in service.

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* 1653 Portland¹ * 1654 Gabbard¹ * 1655 Porto Farina * 1665 Lowestoft * 1666 Orfordness * 1692 Barfleur * 1702 Vigo * 1703 Velez Malaga * 1718 Cape Passero * 1747 Ushant * 1801 Egypt * 1914 Falkland Islands * 1940 Atlantic * 1940 Mediterranean * 1942 - 43 Arctic * 1944 Norway 1: As the ''Kentish Frigate''

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