HMS Caroline

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caroline:

  • HMS Caroline was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a barge, purchased in 1794. She was sold in 1802.
  • HMS Caroline was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1795 and broken up in 1815.
  • HMS Caroline was a 14-gun brig, formerly the French ship Affronteur, captured in 1803 by HMS Doris, and broken up in 1806.
  • HMS Caroline was a schooner, captured from the French in 1809 and listed until 1814.
  • HMS Caroline was a wood screw gunboat of the Albacore class, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1862.
  • HMS Caroline was a sailing gunboat serving in New Zealand waters. She was purchased in 1859 and sold in 1863.
  • HMS Caroline was a composite screw corvette launched in 1882. She was reassigned to harbour service in 1897 and then became a training ship and was renamed HMS Ganges in 1908. She was renamed Powerful III in 1913 and Impregnable IV in 1919. She was finally sold in 1929.
  • HMS Caroline is a C-class light cruiser launched in 1914 and currently in service as the headquarters of the Northern Ireland division of Royal Naval Reserve.

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