HMS Lowestoft

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Several ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lowestoft:

  • An eighteenth-century ship-of-the-line, carrying 64 guns. Under Captain Edmund Dodd, she served in the West Indies squadron and participated in Rodney and Hood's victory of April 12, 1782[1]
  • A 5th rate 38 ordered 1810 but cancelled in 1805
  • A 2nd class cruiser launched 1913, sold in 1931
  • A sloop launched in 1934, and sold in 1946 to become Miraflores
  • HMS Lowestoft (F103) was an anti-submarine frigate


[edit] References

  1. ^ Wing, Robert and Newell, Gordon (1979). Peter Puget: Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, fighting British naval officer, the man for whom Puget Sound was named. Gray Beard Publishing. ISBN 0-933686-00-5. 

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