HMS Boyne

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Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.

• The first Boyne was an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line launched in 1692, rebuilt in 1739 and broken up in 1763. Commanded by Captain Dursley, she helped take Gibraltar in 1704.
• The second Boyne was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1766 and broken up in 1783.
• The third Boyne was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1790. She was the flagship of Vice Admiral John Jervis in 1794. She caught fire and burnt at Spithead on 1 May 1795.
• The fourth Boyne was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1810 and commanded first by Thomas Hastings and later Henry Chads. She was renamed HMS Excellent in 1834 and Queen Charlotte in 1859. Her career ended in 1861.
• The fifth Boyne was a River-class destroyer launched in 1904 and broken up in 1919
• The sixth Boyne was a Mersey-class trawler launched in 1918 and sold in 1946.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.