Six ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Tyne'', after the

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: * was a 28-gun launched in 1814 and sold in 1825. She made one notable capture of a pirate vessel. She became a

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for Daniel Bennett & Sons, but was lost in early 1827 on her first voyage to the British southern whale fishery. * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1826, converted to a storeship in 1848, and sold in 1862 for breaking up. * HMS ''Tyne'' was launched in 1845 as the 36-gun

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. She became a

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in 1863, was renamed ''Tyne'' in July 1867, and then ''Durham'' in November the same year. She was sold in 1908. * , launched in 1878 as SS ''Mariotis'', was a

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. On 31 August 1880 she was delivering troops to in

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. She foundered in a gale off

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in 1920 while awaiting disposal. * was a launched in 1940. She served in

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and the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, and was scrapped in 1972. * is a launched in 2002 and currently in service.

Battle honours

* Baltic 1854 * Korea 1953

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyne Royal Navy ship names