Two 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 ...
have borne the name HMS ''Saldanha'', after the 1796
capitulation of Saldanha Bay:
*
HMS ''Saldanha'' was the 40-gun
fifth rate ''Castor'', which 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 ...
had captured from the Dutch in 1796 at
Saldanha Bay, placed on harbour service from 1797, and sold in 1806.
* was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1809 and wrecked in 1811.
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Royal Navy ship names