HMS Pembroke

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke.

  • Pembroke was a 28-gun fifth rate, built in 1655 and lost in a collision off Portland in 1667.
  • Pembroke was a 32-gun fifth rate, was built in 1690, captured by the French in 1694 and subsequently wrecked.
  • Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth-rate, built in 1694 and captured in 1709, recaptured, and then foundered in 1711.
  • Pembroke was a 54-gun fourth rate built in 1710 and rearmed to 60 guns. She served until 1726 before being broken up in Plymouth.
  • Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship, built in 1733 and wrecked off the East Indies in 1749.
  • Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship, hulked in 1776 before being broken-up off the coast of Canada in 1793.
  • HMS Pembroke (1812) was a 60-gun ship of the line, built in 1812. She was originally laid down as 74-gunner, and in 1855 converted to a screw ship. She was renamed Forte in 1890. She was sold in 1905.
  • Pembroke was the name given to the Shore barracks at Chatham Dockyard.
  • HMS Pembroke V was the RN name for Bletchley Park during WWII [1]
  • HMS Pembroke (M107) is a Sandown-class minehunter.


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