There have been 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 ...
named HMS ''Lancaster'':
* was an 80-gun
first rate
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at ...
built in 1694, then rebuilt and relaunched in 1722, and rebuilt for a third time to a 66-gun third rate in 1749.
* was an
East Indiaman, fitted out as a third rate 64-gun ship in 1797.
* was a frigate of 1823, scrapped in 1864.
* was a of 1902 which
paid off
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in 1919.
* , formerly , was a transferred as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
* , a Type 23 frigate commissioned in 1992 and currently in service.
Battle honours
Ships that have borne the name ''Lancaster'' for the Royal Navy have earned the following battle honours;
* Siege of Louisbourg (1758), Louisburg 1758
* Battle of Camperdown, Camperdown 1797
* Battle of the Atlantic, Atlantic 1941
* Arctic 1942
* North Sea 1943–45
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Royal Navy ship names