HMS Dover

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English town and seaport of Dover:

  • HMS Dover was a pink captured from the Royalists in 1649 and sold in 1650.
  • HMS Dover was a 48-gun ship launched in 1654, rebuilt in 1695 and 1716 and broken up in 1730.
  • HMS Dover was an 8-gun dogger captured from the Dutch in 1672 and given away in 1677.
  • HMS Dover was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1763.
  • HMS Dover was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1786 and burnt by accident in 1806.
  • HMS Dover was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the East Indiaman Carron. She was purchased in 1804 and renamed HMS Duncan. She was renamed HMS Dover in 1807 and was wrecked in 1811.
  • HMS Dover was a 38-gun troopship, previously the French ship Bellone. She was captured in 1811, used for harbour service from 1825 and was sold in 1836.
  • HMS Dover was an iron paddle packet launched in 1840. She was the first iron ship in the Royal Navy, and was sold in 1866.

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