HMS President

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Several warships of the British Royal Navy were named HMS President , after the office of President ( Lord President of the Council ).

  • The first HMS President (1646) was a 26-cannon ship that was purchased in 1646. After 1650 it was called the Old President . In 1656 it was sold out of the Royal Navy, its whereabouts are unknown.
  • The second HMS President (1650) was a ship with 41 guns. It was launched in 1650, renamed HMS Bonaventure in 1660 , renewed in 1666 and scrapped in 1711.
  • The third HMS President (1806) was a 38-gun frigate, originally the French Presidente . It was captured in 1806, renamed HMS Piemontaise in 1815 and broken up that same year.
  • The fourth HMS President was a 44-gun frigate, originally the US frigate USS President . It was conquered in 1815 and broken up in 1817 due to its severe damage.
  • The fifth HMS President (1829) was a 52-gun frigate. She was launched in 1829, served as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) from 1862 and was sold in 1903.
  • The sixth HMS President was originally called HMS Gannet and was an Osprey-class sloop launched in 1878 . She was given the name in 1904 when she was handed over to the RNR as a training ship. She only kept it until 1911 when it was transferred to a private naval school and renamed TS Mercury . From 1914 to 1970 in the Hamble River and since 1987 in the Chatham Historic Dockyard .
    HMS President on the River Thames in London, 2008
  • The seventh HMS President (1918) is an Anchusa-class corvette . She was completed in 1918, was originally called HMS Saxifrage and is now anchored in London on the Thames on the Victoria Embankment.

Not to be confused with the ships of this name is the coastal station of the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) in London, also with the name HMS President , near Tower Bridge . This is not a ship, but a building that, with 370 officers and ranks, is one of the largest RNR facilities in Great Britain.

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