Curacoa
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Curacoa, after the island Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea:- HMS Curacoa, a 36-gun fifth-rate ship launched in 1809. She was reduced to 24 guns in 1831 and broken up in 1849
- HMS CuracoaHMS Curacoa (1854)HMS Curacoa was a 31-gun Tribune-class screw frigate launched on 13 April 1854 from Pembroke Dockyard.She served in the Mediterranean Station between 1854 until 1857 and was in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. She was part of the Channel Squadron between 1857 until 1859. She then was sent to...
, a wood-screw frigate launched in 1854, she was flagship of the Australia Station during the New Zealand Land Wars and was broken up in 1869 - HMS CuracoaHMS Curacoa (1878)HMS Curacoa was an of the Royal Navy, built by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 18 April 1878.Commenced service on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station before being transferred to the Australia Station arriving on 5 August 1890. She left the Australia Station in December...
, a screw corvette launched in 1878 and sold in 1904 - HMS CuracoaHMS Curacoa (D41)HMS Curacoa, named after the island Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea, was a Ceres group C-class light cruiser. In 1942, she became one of the Royal Navy's major accidental losses during the Second World War.-First World War:...
, a C-class light cruiser launched in 1917 and accidentally sunk by the RMS Queen Mary in 1942