List of ships called Kent

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Kent or HMS Kent is the name of several British ships named after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent .

Kent

Kent was the name of at least seven so-called East Indiamans of the British East India Company from 1680 to 1825:

  • The first Kent (130 tons bm, 12-20 cannons and 27-28 men crew ) made two trips to India and back between 1681 and 1687 .
  • The second Kent (350 tons bm, 26-30 cannons, 70 men crew) made four trips to India or China and back between 1694 and 1715 .
  • The third Kent (498 tons bm, 30 cannons, 99 men crew) made four trips to India or China and back between 1740 and 1756.
Seventh Kent off the Kent coast at Deal
  • The fourth Kent (842 tons bm) made four trips to India or China and back between 1764 and 1774.
  • The fifth Kent (783 or 755 tons bm, 20 and later 26 6-pounder and seven 9-pounder guns) made six voyages between 1782 and 1797, the last two with letters of promise issued on August 21, 1793 to Captain Richard Hardinge and on March 14, 1795 for Captain George Saltwell.
  • The sixth Kent (875 tons bm, 26 9- and 18-pounders) was captured on its first voyage to Bengal on October 7th, 1800 by the French privateer Robert Surcouf with the Clarisse (18 cannons and 105 men crew).
  • The seventh Kent (1332 tons bm) made two trips to Bombay and China and was lost to fire in the Bay of Biscay on March 1, 1825 shortly after the start of its third trip . Of the 641 people on board (364 British soldiers who were to be relocated to India, 129 family and private passengers and 148 crew members), 81 were killed.

HMS Kent

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy were named Kent or HMS Kent.

  • The first Kent was a 46-gun 4th class ship, launched as the Kentish Frigate in 1652 , renamed Kent in 1660 and crashed in 1672.
  • The second Kent was a 70-gun 3rd class ship of the line that was launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and demolished in 1744.
  • The third Kent was a third class 70-gun ship of the line that was launched in 1746 and became a residential ship in 1760.
  • The fourth Kent was a Bellona-class 74-gun 3rd class ship of the line that was launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
  • The fifth HMS Kent was an Ajax- class 74-gun 3rd class ship of the line that was launched in 1798, converted into a crane ship in 1856, and demolished in 1881.
  • The sixth HMS Kent was a 16-gun gunboat that was purchased in 1798 and sold again in 1801.
  • In 1860 the keel was laid for a 91-gun ship of the line, 2nd class, which was to be named HMS Kent . Construction was abandoned in 1863.
  • The seventh HMS Kent was originally the 98-gun ship of the line 2nd class HMS Impregnable . In 1888 she was renamed as a residential ship in HMS Kent , in 1891 as a stationary Scottish training ship for the training of sailors then renamed HMS Caledonia and finally demolished in 1906.
  • The eighth HMS Kent was an armored cruiser of Monmouth- or County class , which was launched in 1901 and was sold in 1920 to cancel.
  • The ninth HMS Kent was a heavy cruiser of the County Class (1924) , which was launched in 1926 and was sold in 1948 to cancel.
  • The tenth HMS Kent was a missile destroyers of County Class (1959) , which was launched in 1961 and was sold in 1997 to cancel.
  • The eleventh HMS Kent is a 1998 spilled from the deck frigate of the Duke class , which is in service.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bm = Builder's Old Measurement, a method used in England from around 1690 to 1849 for calculating the spatial cargo capacity of sailing ships.