Numerous ships of the British
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 been named HMS ''Portsmouth'', after the
English port city and home of a
naval base
A naval base, navy base, or military port is a military base, where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock. Ships may also undergo repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that us ...
.
* , ''Portsmouth'' during the
English Commonwealth
The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execut ...
, a 38-gun fourth-rate
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
launched in 1650 and exploded after being captured by the French ship ''Marquis'' 1689.
* , a 14-gun
ketch
A ketch is a two- masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast), and whose mizzen mast is stepped forward of the rudder post. The mizzen mast stepped forward of the rudder post is what distinguishes the ketch fr ...
launched in 1665 and captured in 1673 by the Dutch Navy.
* , a 6-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
launched in 1667 and captured in 1672 by the Dutch Navy.
*, an 8-gun
yacht
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launched in 1674 and wrecked in 1703.
*, a 32-gun
fifth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower.
Rating
The rating system in the Royal N ...
launched in 1690 and captured by the French Navy in 1696.
*, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1702, rebuilt and renamed HMS ''Medina'' in 1772 and broken up in 1832.
*, a 42-gun fifth rate launched in 1707, converted to a hospital ship in 1720 and broken up in 1728.
*, a
storeship launched in 1741 and wrecked in 1747 off
Longsands.
*, a 6-gun yacht launched in 1742 and broken up in 1869.
*, a transport purchased in 1747 and sold in 1767.
*, a 6-gun
busse purchased in 1756 and wrecked off
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
in 1758.
*, a 4-gun transport launched in 1759.
*, an launched in 1811, converted to a coal hulk in 1828 and broken up in 1834.
See also
* , a sixth rate French ship captured in 1694 and recaptured by the French in 1696.
* , a French 4-gun sloop captured in 1655, and captured by Royalists later that year.
References
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Royal Navy ship names