HMS Sutherland

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sutherland.

  • The first Sutherland was a Fourth-rate of 54 guns launched in 1704 and originally named HMS Reserve. She served as a hospital ship in the Mediterranean, and was broken up in 1754.
  • The second Sutherland was a Fourth-rate of 50 guns launched in 1741. She saw active service in the siege of Louisbourg and in the captures of Dominica, Martinique and Havana. She was paid off and sold in 1770.

HMS Sutherland also is the name of a fictional, Dutch-built 74 gun ship of the line that appears in the Horatio Hornblower novels.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
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