HMS Folkestone

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Folkestone or the archaic HMS Folkeston, after the town of Folkestone in Kent:

  • HMS Folkeston was a Cog, part of the Cinque Ports Fleet in 1299.
  • HMS Folkeston was a 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1727.
  • HMS Folkeston was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741 and sold in 1749.
  • HMS Folkestone was an 8-gun cutter launched in 1764 and captured in 1778 by the French ship Surveillante.
  • HMS Folkestone was a Folkestone class sloop launched in 1930, sold in 1947 and broken up later that year.
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