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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gibraltar, after the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. - The first {{HMS|Gibraltar|1711}} was a 20-gun sixth rate built in 1711, rebuilt 1727, and sold 1748. It was the first command of John Byng, who was afterwards to be court-martialled and executed in the opening stages of the Seven Years' War.
- The second {{HMS|Gibraltar|1754}} was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1754 to 1773.
- The third {{HMS|Gibraltar|1779}} was an American 14-gun brig captured in 1779, then in turn captured by the Spanish in 1781.
- The fourth {{HMS|Gibraltar|1780}} was the 80-gun Spanish {{ship|Spanish ship|Fénix||2}} captured at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780, used as a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1836.
- The fifth HMS Gibraltar was a 101-gun screw first rate launched in 1860, on loan as a training ship in 1872, renamed Grampian in 1889, and sold 1899.
- The sixth {{HMS|Gibraltar|1892}} was an {{sclass-|Edgar|cruiser}} launched in 1892, made into a depot ship in 1912, and sold 1923.
- The seventh Gibraltar was to have been a 45,000-ton aircraft carrier, ordered from Vickers Armstrong on 15 September 1943, but cancelled in October 1945.
See also - {{ship|CSS|Sumter}} was a Confederate ship during the American Civil War that operated as Gibraltar under a British flag.
- {{HMS|Gibraltar Prize}}
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