HMS Culloden

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Five Royal Navy ships have had the name of HMS Culloden, after the battle of Culloden which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite Rising.

• The first Culloden was renamed before her launch in 1747 to HMS Prince Henry.
• The second Culloden was a third-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1770.
• The third Culloden was a storeship launched in 1749 and sold in 1765.
• The fourth Culloden was a third-rate wrecked during the American Revolutionary War near Long Island.
• The fifth Culloden was a similar third-rate which was broken up in 1813.

[edit] References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.