Four ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Nonpareil'', from the
French
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meaning 'without equal':
* was a 56-gun
galleon, launched in 1556 as the 44-gun HMS ''Philip and Mary''. She was rebuilt in 1584 and renamed ''Nonpareil''. She was again rebuilt in 1603 and renamed ''Nonsuch''. She was sold in 1645.
* was a
schooner
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launched at Baltimore in 1801 that the Royal Navy captured in 1808 and purchased. She was damaged in a storm in 1812 and sold the following year.
* was an launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.
* was an
N-class destroyer launched in 1941. She was transferred to the
Royal Netherlands Navy
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in 1942 and renamed ''Tjerk Hiddes''. She was transferred to Indonesia in 1951 and renamed ''Gadjah Mada''. She was broken up in 1961.
* HMS ''Nonpareil'' was to have been an . She was laid down in 1944 but cancelled later that year.
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Royal Navy ship names