HMS Buckingham

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HMS Buckingham on the slipway prior to launch, 1751
HMS Buckingham on the slipway prior to launch, 1751

Various Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Buckingham, after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, including:

  • Buckingham (1699), third-rate of 70 guns, first ship of this name, launched at Miller yard, Deptford, 1699 as HMS Revenge, renamed HMS Buckingham on 16 June 1711 before being hulked in 1727 and subsequently sunk for a foundation in 1745.[1]
  • Buckingham (1731), 3rd Rate 70-gun, built at Deptford Dockyard, launched 13 April 1731.
  • Buckingham (1751), third rate, 70-gun ship-of-the-line, built at Deptford Dockyard, launched 13 April 1751, 160ft long, 45ft 6in wide and of 1,436 tons builders measurement, flagship of Rear Admiral Temple West at the 1756 Battle of Minorca and of Vice Admiral Richard Tyrell in his command of the West Indies station in the 1760s, renamed HMS Grampus 19 April 1777 and used as a store ship, lost November 1778.
  • Buckingham (1774), 3rd Rate 64-gun, built by Wells of Rotherhithe as HMS Eagle, launched 2 May 1774, 160ft long, 44ft 6in wide and of 1,372 tons builders measurement, used for harbour service from 1790, renamed Buckingham 15 August 1800, broken up October 1812 at Chatham.[2]
  • Buckingham (1930) was an MS Trawler (Displacement: 253 tons), built by Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. at Selby as a civilian ship, launched 10 September 1930, completed in October 1930, taken over by the Admiralty and commissioned with the pennant T 121 in August 1939, became a Boom Defence Vessel in February 1940. [3]
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