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- Honours
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}Six Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Southampton. All were named after Southampton, a port on the south coast of England. - {{HMS|Southampton|1693}} was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. The ship was rebuilt in 1700, hulked at Jamaica in 1728 and finally broken up in 1771.
- {{HMS|Southampton|1757}} was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1757, and wrecked in 1812.
- {{HMS|Southampton|1820}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1820. In 1867 the ship was lent to the Hull Committee, finally being sold in 1912.
- {{HMS|Southampton|1912}} was a {{sclass2-|Town|cruiser (1910)|0}} cruiser, launched in 1912 and sold in 1926. She fought at the Battle of Jutland.
- {{HMS|Southampton|C83}} was a {{sclass2-|Town|cruiser (1936)|0}} cruiser, launched in 1936 and sunk off Malta on 11 January 1941.
- {{HMS|Southampton|D90}} was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979 and decommissioned in 2009.
Honours- Emeraude 1757
- Belle Isle 1761
- The Glorious First of June 1794
- St Vincent 1797
- Heligoland 1914
- Dogger Bank 1915
- Jutland 1916
- Norway 1940
- Spartivento 1940
- Malta Convoys 1941
References- {{colledge}}
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London: Mansell). {{ISBN|0-7201-1816-6}}
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