HMS James

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS James:

  • HMS James was a ballinger acquired in 1417 and given away in 1422.
  • HMS James was a 48-gun ship launched in 1634. She was renamed HMS Old James in 1660 and was sold in 1682.
  • HMS James was a 30-gun ship, previously the Royalist Exchange. She was captured by the Parliamentarians in 1649 and listed until 1650.
  • HMS James was a hoy captured from the Dutch in 1665, but recaptured in 1673.

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