HMS Raleigh
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Six ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Raleigh, after Sir Walter Raleigh
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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 Raleigh, after Sir Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England....
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- HMS Raleigh was a 32-gun fifth rate, previously the American . She was captured in 1778 by HMS Unicorn and HMS Experiment and was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Raleigh. She was sold in 1783.
- HMS Raleigh was an 18-gun Cruizer classCruizer class brig-sloopThe Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...
brig-sloop launched in 1806. She was used as a target from 1839 and was sold in 1841. - HMS Raleigh was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1845 and wrecked in 1857.
- HMS Raleigh was to have been a wood screw frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
. She was ordered in 1860, but was cancelled in 1863. was an iron screw frigate launched in 1874 and sold in 1905. was a Hawkins-classHawkins class cruiserThe Hawkins class was a class of five heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy designed in 1915 and constructed throughout the First World War. All ships were named after Elizabethan sea captains...
heavy cruiserHeavy cruiserThe heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre . The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930...
launched in 1919 and wrecked in 1922. is the current basic training establishment of the Royal Navy, in TorpointTorpointTorpoint is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar....
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