HMS Crown
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Five ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Crown. Another was planned but never completed:
was a 48-gun ship launched as Taunton in 1654. She was renamed HMS Crown in 1660, was rebuilt in 1704 and wrecked in 1719. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747, used as a storeship from 1757, and sold in 1770. was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782. She was used as a prison ship
from 1798, a powder hulk from 1802 and was broken up in 1816. was a gunvessel purchased in 1794 and sold in 1800.
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 Crown. Another was planned but never completed:
was a 48-gun ship launched as Taunton in 1654. She was renamed HMS Crown in 1660, was rebuilt in 1704 and wrecked in 1719. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747, used as a storeship from 1757, and sold in 1770. was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782. She was used as a prison ship
Prison ship
A prison ship, historically sometimes called a prison hulk, is a vessel used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. This practice was popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries....
from 1798, a powder hulk from 1802 and was broken up in 1816. was a gunvessel purchased in 1794 and sold in 1800.
- HMS Crown was to have been a Britomart-class wooden screw gunboatGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
. She was laid down in 1861 and cancelled in 1863. was a C-classC class destroyer (1943)The C class was a class of 32 destroyers of the Royal Navy that were launched from 1943 to 1945. The class was built in four flotillas of 8 vessels, the Ca, Ch, Co and Cr classes, ordered as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Emergency Flotillas respectively...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1945 and sold to the Royal Norwegian NavyRoyal Norwegian NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...
in 1946 as Oslo.