HMS Gurkha

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Gurkha, after a people who originate in Nepal and who serve with distinction in the British Army as part of the Brigade of Gurkhas.

• The first ship of the name was a destroyer that served with the Dover Patrol.
• The second Gurkha (L20/F20) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 July 1936, launched on 7 July 1937 and commissioned on 21 October 1938.
• The third Gurkha (F63/G63) was an L class destroyer built by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd at Birkenhead.
• The last Gurkha (F122) was a Tribal-class frigate, decommissioned from the Royal Navy in 1984, being sold to Indonesia.