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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shannon, after the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland:

HMS Shannon (1757) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and broken up 1765.
HMS Shannon (1796) was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1796 and sold in 1802.
HMS Shannon (1803) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in September 1803. She had been intended to be called HMS Pallas, but was renamed in 1802 before being launched. She ran ashore in December that year and was burnt to avoid capture.
HMS Shannon (1806) was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1806 and noted for her defeat of USS Chesapeake. Converted into a receiving ship in 1832, she was renamed HMS St Lawrence in 1844 and broken up in 1859.
HMS Shannon (1814) was a 10-gun schooner listed on the Canadian Great Lakes in 1814.
HMS Shannon (1832) was a 2-gun Indian schooner on the Navy List in 1832.
HMS Shannon (1855) was a wooden-hulled screw frigate launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
HMS Shannon (1875) was an ironclad screw frigate intended to operate largely under sail far from friendly ports, and as such was the first British armoured cruiser. She was launched in 1875 and sold for scrapping in 1899.
HMS Shannon (1906) was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser launched in 1906 and sold in 1922.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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-Nine [[ship]]s of the British [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Shannon''''', after the [[River Shannon]], the longest river in [[Ireland]]<!-- Severn is longer, Severn plus estuary is much longer -->.
+{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
+Nine [[ship]]s of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Shannon''''', after the [[River Shannon]], the longest river in [[Ireland]]:
-* The first [[HMS Shannon (1757)|''Shannon'']] was a 28-gun [[sixth-rate]] launched in [[1757]] and broken up [[1765]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1757}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] launched in 1757 and broken up 1765.
-* The second [[HMS Shannon (1796)|''Shannon'']] was a 32-gun [[fifth-rate]] (frigate) in service from [[1796]] to [[1802]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1796}} was a 32-gun [[fifth-rate]] [[frigate]] launched in 1796 and sold in 1802.
-* The third [[HMS Shannon (1803)|''Shannon'']] was a 36-gun [[fifth-rate]] (frigate), launched in September [[1803]], and run ashore to avoid capture in December of that year.
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1803}} was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in September 1803. She had been intended to be called HMS ''Pallas'', but was renamed in 1802 before being launched. She ran ashore in December that year and was burnt to avoid capture.
-* The fourth [[HMS Shannon (1806)|''Shannon'']] was a 38-gun [[fifth-rate]] (frigate), launched in [[1806]], a [[receiving ship]] after [[1832]], renamed ''St. Lawrence'' in [[1844]], and broken up [[1859]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1806}} was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1806 and noted for her defeat of {{USS|Chesapeake|1799|6}}.  Converted into a [[receiving ship]] in 1832, she was renamed HMS ''St Lawrence'' in 1844 and broken up in 1859.
-* The fifth ''Shannon'' was a 10-gun [[schooner]] listed on the Canadian lakes in [[1814]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1814}} was a 10-gun [[schooner]] listed on the Canadian [[Great Lakes]] in 1814.
-* The sixth ''Shannon'' was a 2-gun [[India]]n [[schooner]] on the lists in [[1832]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1832}} was a 2-gun [[India]]n schooner on the [[Navy List]] in 1832.
-* The seventh [[HMS Shannon (1855)|''Shannon'']] was a wooden-hulled [[screw frigate]] in service from [[1855]] to [[1871]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1855}} was a wooden-hulled [[screw frigate]] launched in 1855 and sold in 1871.
-* The eighth [[HMS Shannon (1875)|''Shannon'']] was an [[ironclad]] [[screw frigate]] intended to operate largely under sail far from friendly ports, and as such was the first [[armoured cruiser]].  She was launched in [[1875]] and sold for scrapping in [[1899]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1875}} was an [[ironclad]] screw frigate intended to operate largely under sail far from friendly ports, and as such was the first British [[armoured cruiser]]. She was launched in 1875 and sold for scrapping in 1899.
-* The ninth [[HMS Shannon (1906)|''Shannon'']] was an [[armoured cruiser]] in service from [[1906]] to [[1922]].
+* {{HMS|Shannon|1906}} was a {{sclass|Minotaur|cruiser|0||1906}} armoured cruiser launched in 1906 and sold in 1922.
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