Six 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 had the name HMS ''Rye'', named after the town of
Rye, East Sussex
is a small town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, two miles from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede. An important member of the mediaeval Cinque Ports confederatio ...
one of the Cinque Ports:
* was 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 1696. She was rebuilt in 1717 as a 24-gun
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 ...
and used as a
breakwater
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* Breakwater (structure), a structure for protecting a beach or harbour
Places
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* Breakwater Island
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from 1727. She was broken up in 1735.
* was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1727 and broken up in 1735.
* was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and wrecked in 1744.
* was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1763.
* HMS ''Rye'' was to have been a wood screw
gunvessel
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
. She was ordered in 1860, but cancelled in 1863.
* was a launched in 1940 and sold in 1948.
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Royal Navy ship names