Seven ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Rosario'', after the Spanish word ''Rosario'', meaning

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: * was a hulk, previously the Spanish

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''Del Rosario''. She was captured in 1588 and broken up in 1622. * was a 14-gun

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, previously the Spanish ship ''Nuestra Senora Del Rosario''. She was captured off Cadiz in 1797 and expended as a fireship in 1800 at

Dunkirk Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.sixth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and ...

, previously the French

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''Le Hardi''. captured her in 1800, and she was taken into service as HMS ''Hardi''. She was renamed HMS ''Rosario'' later in 1800 and was sold in 1809. * was a 10-gun launched in 1808 and sold in 1832. * was a wooden

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launched in 1860 and sold for breaking in 1884. * was a launched in 1898. She was used as

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from 1910 and was sold in 1921. * was an launched in 1943. In 1952 she was transferred to the

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, who renamed her ''De Moor''; she was broken up in 1970.

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