HMS Edinburgh

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Edinburgh, for the Scottish city of Edinburgh. In addition, one ship of the Royal Navy has carried the similar name HMS Duke of Edinburgh.

[edit] HMS Edinburgh

• The first HMS Edinburgh originally the Royal William, a 32 gun 5th rate, was transferred from the Royal Scottish Navy in 1707, lasting only two years before being sunk as breakwater at Harwich.
• The second HMS Edinburgh, a 70 gun third rate, was renamed from HMS Warspite in 1721, rebuilt twice at Chatham Dockyard in 1721 and 1744, before being broken up in 1771 in Plymouth.
• The third HMS Edinburgh was a 74 gun third rate, built in 1811. In 1846 the vessel was modified into a screw configuration before being sold in 1865.
• The fourth HMS Edinburgh, a turret battleship was at first named HMS Majestic, but was renamed two days before being launched in March 1882. The ship was sold in October 1910.
• The fifth HMS Edinburgh was a Town-class light cruiser. Launched at Swan Hunter in 1939, the ship saw extensive war service before being stuck by a torpedo and then scuttled in the Barents Sea in mid-1942.
• The sixth and present HMS Edinburgh is a Type 42 destroyer.

[edit] HMS Duke of Edinburgh

• The first and as of 2007 only HMS Duke of Edinburgh (1904) was the name ship of a class of armoured cruisers.
• One of the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers of the 1960s was tentatively named HMS Duke of Edinburgh but the design was never constructed.