HMS Barfleur

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barfleur after the Battle of Barfleur:

• The first Barfleur was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line built at Deptford in 1697, and broken up in 1783.
• The second Barfleur was built at Chatham in 1768 as a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line, but later had another eight guns added to her quarterdeck, making her a 98-gun ship. She distinguished herself as the flagship of Sir Samuel Hood on the Leeward Islands station during the American War of Independence, taking part in the battles of the Chesapeake, St. Kitts and the Saintes. She saw further action in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and was broken up in 1819.
• The third Barfleur was a first-rate of 100 guns, originally Britannia, renamed in 1819 and broken up in 1825.
• The fourth Barfleur, launched in 1892, was a Centurion-class battleship, broken up in 1910.
• The fifth Barfleur (D80), launched 1943, was a Battle-class destroyer that served in World War II and was broken up in 1966.

[edit] References

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