HMS Colchester

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colchester:

• The first Colchester, launched in 1654 and sunk in action in 1666.
• The second Colchester, launched in 1664, was a 8-gun ketch, captured in 1667 by the French in the West Indies.
• The third Colchester, launched in 1694, was a 48-gun fourth-rate frigate, foundered in Whitsand Bay in 1704.
• The fourth Colchester, launched in 1707, was a 54-gun fourth-rate frigate, broken up in 1742.
• The fifth Colchester, launched in 1744, was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate, wrecked the same year off Kentish Knock.
• The sixth Colchester, launched in 1746, was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate, broken up in 1773.

[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.