There have been six 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 ...

named HMS ''Lancaster'': * was an 80-gun first rate built in 1694, then rebuilt and relaunched in 1722, and rebuilt for a third time to a 66-gun third rate in 1749. * was an

East Indiaman East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...

, fitted out as a third rate 64-gun ship in 1797. * was a frigate of 1823, scrapped in 1864. * was a of 1902 which

paid off Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to placing a warship in ...

in 1919. * , formerly , was a transferred as part of the 1940

Destroyers for Bases Agreement The destroyers-for-bases deal was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom on September 2, 1940, according to which 50 , , and US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the US Navy in exchange for land rights ...

. * , a

Type 23 frigate The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, , was commission ...

commissioned in 1992 and currently in service.

Battle honours

Ships that have borne the name ''Lancaster'' for the Royal Navy have earned the following battle honours; * Louisburg 1758 * Camperdown 1797 * Atlantic 1941 * Arctic 1942 * North Sea 1943–45 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lancaster, Hms Royal Navy ship names