Three ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

have borne the name HMS ''Acasta'', whilst another two were planned: * was a 40-gun

fifth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal ...

frigate launched in 1797 and broken up in 1821. * HMS ''Acasta'' was to have been a wooden

screw frigate Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for exam ...

. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863. * was an launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921. * was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929. She was sunk in 1940 by the German battleships and . * HMS ''Acasta'' (P452) was to have been an , but was cancelled in 1945.

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