HMS Malta
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Four ships of Royal Navy
have been named HMS Malta after the Mediterranean island
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was a 10-gun schooner
captured in 1800 and renamed HMS Gozo in December 1800. The ship was no longer listed in 1804. was an 84-gun second rate, originally the French ship Guillaume Tell, captured from France in 1800. She was assigned to harbour service in 1831 and broken up in 1840. was a paddle steamer originally called Britannia and purchased in 1854. She was sold in 1856. was to have been the lead ship of the Malta-class
aircraft carrier
s. She was laid down in 1944 but construction was cancelled in 1945.
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 been named HMS Malta after the Mediterranean island
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
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was a 10-gun schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
captured in 1800 and renamed HMS Gozo in December 1800. The ship was no longer listed in 1804. was an 84-gun second rate, originally the French ship Guillaume Tell, captured from France in 1800. She was assigned to harbour service in 1831 and broken up in 1840. was a paddle steamer originally called Britannia and purchased in 1854. She was sold in 1856. was to have been the lead ship of the Malta-class
Malta class aircraft carrier
The Malta class aircraft carrier was a British large fleet aircraft carrier design of World War II. Inspired by the strike capability of United States Navy aircraft carriers, the Malta design took onboard several American innovations in hangar design and aircraft operations. Three ships were...
aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
s. She was laid down in 1944 but construction was cancelled in 1945.
See also
- HMS MelitaHMS MelitaThree ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melita, named after the island of Malta:, launched in 1888 was a Mariner-class composite screw sloop, the only Royal Navy warship ever built in Malta. She swapped names with HMS Ringdove in 1915 and was sold as a salvage vessel to Falmouth Docks...
, three ships of the Royal Navy named for the Latin name of Malta.