HMS Dunkirk

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Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dunkirk, after the Channel seaport of Dunkirk, France, site of the evacuation of 1940.

  • The first Dunkirk was a 2-gun ketch captured from the French in 1656, and sold 1660.
  • The second Dunkirk was a 48-gun fourth-rate, originally the Worcester, renamed 1660, rebuilt in 1704 and 1734, and broken up in 1749.
  • The third Dunkirk was a 60-gun fourth-rate, launched 1754, on harbour service from 1778, and sold 1792. Perhaps its most famous midshipman was Peter Puget, later to become an explorer and, ultimately, a Rear Admiral.
  • The fourth Dunkirk was a destroyer launched in 1945 and broken up 1965.

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