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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Offa'', after
Offa of Mercia Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was List of monarchs of Mercia, King of Mercia, a kingdom of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa of Mercia, Eowa, Offa came to ...
. A third was renamed before being launched: * HMS ''Offa'' was a , originally under construction for the Turkish Navy. She was taken over and renamed HMS ''Offa'', but was launched as in 1915. * was an launched in 1916 and sold in 1921. * was an O-class destroyer launched in 1941. She was sold to the Pakistani Navy in 1949 and renamed ''Tariq''. She was scrapped in 1959. {{DEFAULTSORT:Offa Royal Navy ship names