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Four ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Brighton''''', after the seaside town of [[Brighton]]. |
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*{{HMS|Brighton|1795|6}} was a 14-gun tender purchased in 1795 and captured by the French in 1797. |
*{{HMS|Brighton|1795|6}} was a 14-gun tender purchased in 1795 and captured by the French in 1797. |
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*{{HMS|Brighton|1903|6}}, a passenger ferry requisitioned from the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] in 1914, used as a [[troopship]] and later as a [[hospital ship]]. |
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*{{HMS|Brighton|I08|6}} was a [[Town class destroyer|Town-class]] [[destroyer]] launched as the [[Wickes class destroyer|''Wickes''-class]] destroyer {{USS|Cowell|DD-167|6}}. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under [[lend-lease]] in 1940, and used as a [[target ship]] from 1942. She was transferred to the [[Soviet Navy]] between 1944 and 1949 as ''Zharki'', and was broken up in 1949. |
*{{HMS|Brighton|I08|6}} was a [[Town class destroyer|Town-class]] [[destroyer]] launched as the [[Wickes class destroyer|''Wickes''-class]] destroyer {{USS|Cowell|DD-167|6}}. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under [[lend-lease]] in 1940, and used as a [[target ship]] from 1942. She was transferred to the [[Soviet Navy]] between 1944 and 1949 as ''Zharki'', and was broken up in 1949. |
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*{{HMS|Brighton|F106|6}} was a [[Rothesay class frigate|''Rothesay''-class]] [[frigate]] launched in 1959 and scrapped in 1985. |
*{{HMS|Brighton|F106|6}} was a [[Rothesay class frigate|''Rothesay''-class]] [[frigate]] launched in 1959 and scrapped in 1985. |
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Revision as of 07:31, 5 January 2010
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brighton, after the seaside town of Brighton.
- HMS Brighton was a 14-gun tender purchased in 1795 and captured by the French in 1797.
- HMS Brighton, a passenger ferry requisitioned from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1914, used as a troopship and later as a hospital ship.
- HMS Brighton was a Town-class destroyer launched as the Wickes-class destroyer USS Cowell. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease in 1940, and used as a target ship from 1942. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy between 1944 and 1949 as Zharki, and was broken up in 1949.
- HMS Brighton was a Rothesay-class frigate launched in 1959 and scrapped in 1985.
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