HMS London

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Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London:

• HMS London was a 40-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1636 and listed until 1653.
• HMS London was a 64-gun ship launched in 1654 and blown up in an accident in 1665.
• HMS Loyal London was a 96-gun ship launched in 1666. She was partly destroyed by fire by the Dutch in the Medway in 1667, but the remains were rebuilt becoming the next HMS London.
• HMS London was a 96-gun ship launched in 1670 to replace the previous ship of the same name. She was rebuilt in 1706 and 1721, and was broken up in 1747.
• HMS London was a 16-gun brigantine launched in 1756 on Lake Ontario and captured by the French the same year.
• HMS London was a 6-gun busse, formerly the civilian ship Holden. She was purchased in 1756 and wrecked in 1758.
• HMS London was a 6-gun busse purchased in 1759 and in the records until 1764.
• HMS London was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1766 and broken up in 1811.
• HMS London was to have been a 104-gun first rate. She was renamed HMS Royal Adelaide in 1827, and launched in 1828. She was sold in 1905.
• HMS London was a 92-gun second rate launched in 1840. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1858 and rearmed to 72 guns. She became a harbour storeship in 1874 and was sold in 1884.
• HMS London was a Formidable-class battleship launched in 1899. She was converted to a minelayer in 1918 and was sold in 1920.
• HMS London was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1927 and sold in 1950.
• HMS London was a County-class guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and transferred to Pakistan in 1982, where she was renamed Babur.
• HMS London was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1984 and sold to Romania in 2002. They renamed her Regina Maria.

[edit] See also

• HMS Londonderry