HMS Cornwallis

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis.

  • Cornwallis was a 5 gun galley purchased in North America in 1777 and sold in 1782.
  • Cornwallis was a 14 gun storeship purchased in 1781, that foundered in 1782 in the Atlantic.
  • Cornwallis was a 54 gun fourth rate ship of the line, formerly the East Indiaman Marquis Cornwallis, purchased in 1801. She was renamed HMS Akbar in 1806 and used as a troopship. In 1824 she was used for harbour service, and was finally sold in 1862.
  • Cornwallis was a 60 gun ship of the line, built in 1813. She was originally laid down as a 74-gunner. Renamed HMS Wildfire in 1916. Broken up in 1957.
  • Cornwallis was a pre-Dreadnought Duncan-class battleship. She was sunk in January 1917 by a German U-Boat.

There was also HMS Lychnis, an Anchusa class sloop renamed HMIS Cornwallis on her transferral to the Royal Indian Marine in 1921.

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