HMS Donegal
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Donegal, after the failed French attempt to land in County Donegal in 1798:[1]
- HMS Donegal was a 76-gun third rate, previously the French ship Hoche. She was captured in 1798 and commissioned into the Navy as HMS Donegal. She was broken up in 1845.[2]
- HMS Donegal was a 101-gun first rate Conqueror-class ship of the line launched in 1858. She became part of the torpedo and mining school ship HMS Vernon in 1886 and was sold in 1925.[3]
- HMS Donegal was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser launched in 1902. She served in the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1920.
References
- ↑ Name histories
- ↑ Lyon p 41
- ↑ Lyon p 189
- 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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Lyon, D. & Winfield, R. The Sail & Steam Navy List, London (2004): Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9