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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trent, after the River Trent:

HMS Trent (1757) was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1757 and sold in 1764.
HMS Trent (1796) was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1796. She became a hospital ship in 1803, a receiving ship in 1818 and was broken up in 1823. She was used by David Buchan in the Arctic.
HMS Trent was a 17-gun sloop laid down in 1862. She was selected for conversion to an ironclad, and renamed HMS Research later that year, before being launched in 1863.
HMS Trent (1877) was a Template:Sclass- launched in 1877. She was renamed HMS Pembroke in 1905, and HMS Gannet in 1917 when she served as a diving tender. She was scrapped in 1923.
HMS Trent (K243) was a Template:Sclass2- launched in 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy in 1946 and was renamed Kukri. She was converted into a survey vessel in 1952 and renamed Investigator. She was broken up in 1975.
HMS Trent (P224) is a Batch 2 Template:Sclass2- currently under construction, she is due to be commissioned in 2018.

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 * HMS ''Trent'' was a 17-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] laid down in 1862.  She was selected for conversion to an ironclad, and renamed {{HMS|Research|1863|6}} later that year, before being launched in 1863.
 * {{HMS|Trent|1877}} was a {{sclass-|Medina|gunboat}} launched in 1877.  She was renamed HMS ''Pembroke'' in 1905, and HMS ''Gannet'' in 1917 when she served as a diving tender.  She was scrapped in 1923.
-* {{HMS|Trent|K243|6}} was a {{sclass2-|River|frigate}} launched in 1942.  She was transferred to the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in 1946 and was renamed ''Kukri''.  She was converted into a [[survey vessel]] in 1952 and renamed ''Investigator''.  She was broken up in 1975.
+* {{HMS|Trent|K243}} was a {{sclass2-|River|frigate}} launched in 1942.  She was transferred to the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in 1946 and was renamed ''Kukri''.  She was converted into a [[survey vessel]] in 1952 and renamed ''Investigator''.  She was broken up in 1975.
-*[[HMS Trent (P224)|HMS ''Trent'']] is a [[River-class patrol vessel|Batch 2 River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel]] currently under construction, she is due to be commissioned in 2018.
+* {{HMS|Trent|P224}} is a Batch 2 {{sclass2-|River|patrol vessel}} currently under construction, she is due to be commissioned in 2018.
 ==See also==
 * The mail steamer {{RMS|Trent}}, at the centre of the [[Trent Affair]].