HMS Pembroke
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Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Pembroke.
launched in 1694 and captured by the French in 1709. She was recaptured in 1711. In 1713 was purchased in Genoa by Spain. was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1710 and broken up in 1726. was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1733. She foundered in 1745, but was raised and wrecked off the East Indies in 1749. was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1776 before being broken-up in 1793. was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812. She was converted to a screw ship in 1855, transferred to the Coastguard
in 1858, and used as a base ship from 1887. She was renamed HMS Forte as a receiving hulk in 1890, and was sold in 1905.
, Harwich
and on the Forth
. It was commissioned in 1878, moved ashore in 1903 and was paid off in 1983. A number of ships were renamed Pembroke while serving as base and depot ships for the establishment:
} was the original base ship between 1873 and 1890.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1890 until 1905.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1905 until 1917.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1917 until 1920.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1919 until 1923.
} was HMS Pembroke for several months in 1922.
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 Pembroke.
Ships
was a 28-gun ship launched in 1655 and lost in a collision off Portland in 1667. was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1690, captured by the French in 1694 and subsequently wrecked. was a 60-gun fourth-rateFourth-rate
In the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in...
launched in 1694 and captured by the French in 1709. She was recaptured in 1711. In 1713 was purchased in Genoa by Spain. was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1710 and broken up in 1726. was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1733. She foundered in 1745, but was raised and wrecked off the East Indies in 1749. was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1776 before being broken-up in 1793. was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812. She was converted to a screw ship in 1855, transferred to the Coastguard
Her Majesty's Coastguard
Her Majesty's Coastguard is the service of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating air-sea rescue.HM Coastguard is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all civilian maritime Search and Rescue within the UK...
in 1858, and used as a base ship from 1887. She was renamed HMS Forte as a receiving hulk in 1890, and was sold in 1905.
- HMS Pembroke was a 101-gun screw propelled first rate launched in 1859 as . She was renamed HMS Pembroke on her transferral to harbour service in 1890, renamed HMS Tenedos II in 1905 and was sold in 1910. is a Sandown-classSandown class minehunterThe Sandown class is a class of minehunter originally built for the British Royal Navy). Sandown-class vessels also serve with the Royal Saudi Navy and the Estonian Navy...
minehunterMinehunterMinehunters are mine countermeasure vessels that actively detect and destroy individual naval mines. Minesweepers, on the other hand, clear mined areas as a whole, without prior detection of mines...
launched in 1997 and currently in service.
Shore establishments
was the name given to a number of shore barracks at ChathamChatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
, Harwich
Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...
and on the Forth
River Forth
The River Forth , long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.The Forth rises in Loch Ard in the Trossachs, a mountainous area some west of Stirling...
. It was commissioned in 1878, moved ashore in 1903 and was paid off in 1983. A number of ships were renamed Pembroke while serving as base and depot ships for the establishment:
} was the original base ship between 1873 and 1890.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1890 until 1905.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1905 until 1917.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1917 until 1920.
} was HMS Pembroke from 1919 until 1923.
} was HMS Pembroke for several months in 1922.
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- Daniel Fearall was HMS Pembroke between 1922 until 1939.
- There were a number of other Pembrokes established across the country during the twentieth century.
- HMS Pembroke I - accounting base at Chatham between 1940 and 1960.
- HMS Pembroke II - Royal Naval Air Station at EastchurchEastchurchEastchurch is a village on the Isle of Sheppey, in the English county of Kent, two miles east of Minster.The village website claims "... it has a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers".- Aviation history :...
between 1913 and 1918. - HMS Pembroke II - accounting base at Chatham between 1940 and 1957.
- HMS Pembroke III - accounting base at London and outstations between 1942 and 1952.
- HMS Pembroke IV - accounting base at Chatham between 1919 and 1920, and the Nore between 1939 and 1961.
- HMS Pembroke V - naval base at DoverDoverDover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
between 1919 and 1923, secret base at Bletchley ParkBletchley ParkBletchley Park is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, England, which currently houses the National Museum of Computing...
between 1941 and 1942, and the name for WRNSWomen's Royal Naval ServiceThe Women's Royal Naval Service was the women's branch of the Royal Navy.Members included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics...
personnel in London between 1945 and 1946. - HMS Pembroke VI - accounting section at Chatham in 1919.
- HMS Pembroke VII - depot ship for auxiliary patrols at GrimsbyGrimsbyGrimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
between 1919 and 1921. - HMS Pembroke VIII - naval base on the Humber between 1920 and 1921.
- HMS Pembroke X - headquarters of the Royal Navy Patrol Service at LowestoftLowestoftLowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...
between 1939 and 1940.