Nine
ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Shannon'', after the
River Shannon
The River Shannon ( ga, Abhainn na Sionainne, ', '), at in length, is the longest river in the British Isles. It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of , – approximately one fifth of the area of the island of Ireland.
The Shan ...
, the longest river in
Ireland:
* was a 28-gun
sixth rate launched in 1757 and broken up 1765.
* was a 32-gun
fifth-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 1796 and sold in 1802.
* was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in September 1803. She had been intended to be called HMS ''Pallas'', but was renamed in 1802 before being launched. She ran ashore in December that year and was burnt to avoid capture.
* was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1806 and noted for her defeat of . Converted into a
receiving ship
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in 1832, she was renamed HMS ''St Lawrence'' in 1844 and broken up in 1859.
* was a 10-gun
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
listed on the Canadian
Great Lakes in 1814.
* was a 2-gun
Indian schooner on the
Navy List in 1832.
* was a wooden-hulled
screw frigate
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launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
* was an
ironclad
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screw frigate intended to operate largely under sail far from friendly ports, and as such was the first British
armoured cruiser
The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast eno ...
. She was launched in 1875 and sold for scrapping in 1899.
* was a armoured cruiser launched in 1906 and sold in 1922.
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