Seven ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

have been named HMS ''Cornwall'' after the Duchy of Cornwall. ''Cornwall's'' motto is ''onen hag oll (- Cornish)'', ''unus et omnes (- Latin)'', ''one and all'' - English). * was an 80-gun

third-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third r ...

ship of the line launched in 1692 and broken up in 1761. * was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1761. She was damaged in action in 1780, and subsequently burnt as unserviceable. *HMS ''Cornwall'' was the name initially chosen for , a 74-gun third rate captured from the Danes in 1807, but the name was not used. * was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1812. She was reduced to 50 guns in 1831, was renamed HMS ''Wellesley'' in 1869 and served as a

school ship A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house class ...

until broken up in 1874. * HMS ''Cornwall'' was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1815 as . She was renamed HMS ''Cornwall'' in 1868 when she became a school ship, and was sunk in 1940. * was a armoured cruiser launched in 1902 and sold in 1920. * was a

heavy cruiser The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in caliber, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval T ...

launched in 1926 that a Japanese air attack sank during the

Indian Ocean raid The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo ...

in 1942. * was a Type 22 Batch 3 frigate launched in 1985 and decommissioned in June 2011.

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Barfleur Barfleur () is a commune and fishing village in Manche, Normandy, northwestern France. History During the Middle Ages, Barfleur was one of the chief ports of embarkation for England. * 1066: A large medallion fixed to a rock in the harbour ...

1692 *

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...

1914 *

Dardanelles The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (; ...

1915

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornwall, Hms Royal Navy ship names Military of the United Kingdom in Cornwall

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