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词条 HMS Gibraltar
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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}}

References

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2 : Royal Navy ship names|Military of Gibraltar

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