HMS Severn
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
- HMS Severn was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1695, rebuilt in 1739, captured by the French in 1746, and recaptured by the Royal Navy in 1747 but not taken back into service.
- HMS Severn was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1759.
- HMS Severn was to have been a 38-gun fifth rate. She was renamed HMS Tagus before her launch in 1813.
- HMS Severn was a 44-gun Adventure-class fifth-rate launched in 1786 and wrecked in 1804.
- HMS Severn was a 40-gun Endymion-class fourth rate launched in 1813 and sold in 1825.
- HMS Severn was to have been a 46-gun fifth-rate. She was ordered in 1825 but cancelled in 1831.
- HMS Severn was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1856, one of the last frigates with a sailing mast. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1860 and was broken up in 1876.
- HMS Severn was a Mersey-class protected cruiser launched in 1885 and sold in 1905.
- HMS Severn was a Humber-class monitor, launched for Brazil in 1913 but purchased in 1914 and sold in 1921, being scrapped in 1923.
- HMS Severn was a Thames-class submarine launched in 1934 and scrapped in 1946.
- HMS Severn is a River-class patrol vessel launched in 2002 and currently in service.
Battle honours
- Algiers 1816
- Konigsberg 1915
- Sicily 1943
- Aegean 1943
- Norway 1940
- Atlantic 1940–1941
- Belgian Coast 1914
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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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