HMS Carlisle
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Three ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Carlisle, after the Cumbria
n City of Carlisle
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was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693 and wrecked in 1696. was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1698 and accidentally blown up in 1700. was a C class
cruiser
launched in 1918, wrecked in 1943 and sold in 1949.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Carlisle, after the Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
n City of Carlisle
City of Carlisle
The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...
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was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693 and wrecked in 1696. was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1698 and accidentally blown up in 1700. was a C class
C class cruiser
The C class was a group of twenty-eight light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a sequence of seven classes known as the Caroline , Calliope , Cambrian , Centaur , Caledon , Ceres and Carlisle classes...
cruiser
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...
launched in 1918, wrecked in 1943 and sold in 1949.