HMS Malta

Four ships of Royal Navy have been named HMS Malta after the Mediterranean island:

• HMS Malta was a 10-gun schooner captured in 1800 and renamed HMS Gozo in December 1800. The ship was no longer listed in 1804.
• HMS Malta was an 84-gun second rate, originally the French ship Guillaume Tell, captured from France in 1800. She was assigned to harbour service in 1831 and broken up in 1840.
• HMS Malta was a paddle steamer originally called Britannia and purchased in 1854. She was sold in 1856.
• HMS Malta was to have been the lead ship of the Malta-class aircraft carriers. She was laid down in 1944 but construction was cancelled in 1945.

See also

• HMS Melita, three ships of the Royal Navy named for the Latin name of Malta.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.