Nine ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Severn'' after the
River Severn
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* The first was a 50-gun
fourth rate launched in 1695, rebuilt in 1739, captured by the French in 1746, and recaptured by the Royal Navy in 1747 but not taken back into service.
* The second was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1759.
* The next HMS ''Severn'' was to have been a 38-gun
fifth rate. She was renamed before her launch.
* The third was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1786 and wrecked in 1804.
* The fourth was a 40-gun fourth rate launched in 1813 and sold in 1825.
* The next HMS ''Severn'' was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1825 but cancelled in 1831.
* The fifth was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1856, one of the last sail frigates. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1860 and was broken up in 1876.
* The sixth was a
protected cruiser launched in 1885 and sold in 1905.
* The seventh was a
monitor
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, launched for Brazil in 1913 but purchased in 1914 and sold in 1921, being scrapped in 1923.
* The eighth was a launched in 1934 and scrapped in 1946.
* The ninth and latest is a launched in 2002.
Battle honours
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Algiers 1816
* Belgian Coast 1914
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''Konigsberg'' 1915
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Sicily 1943
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* Aegean 1943
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Norway 1940
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Atlantic 1940–1941
References
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Royal Navy ship names