Seven commissioned ships of the British

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have been named ''Bermuda'' and given the prefix HMS (''Her Majesty's Ship'' or ''His Majesty's Ship'', depending on the sex of the monarch), after the

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and former

Imperial fortress Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Salisbury described Malta, Gibraltar, Bermuda, and Halifax as Imperial fortresses at the 1887 Colonial Conference, though by that point they had been so designated for decades. Later histor ...

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. Two other vessels operated by the Royal Navy that were not commissioned warships were also named ''Bermuda''. * was a 14-gun

brig-sloop During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all ...

purchased in 1795 that disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida. * was an 18-gun

sloop-of-war During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered all vessels with 20 or more guns; thus, the term encompassed all u ...

launched in 1805 and wrecked 22 April 1808 with no loss of life. * was a 10-gun brig-sloop built by John Pelham of Frindsbury and launched 1808; she was wrecked 16 November 1816, with the loss of one life. * was a

pilot boat A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship ...

acquired in 1813 and broken up 1817. * was a

schooner A schooner ( ) is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel defined by its Rig (sailing), rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more Mast (sailing), masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than t ...

purchased 1819 and foundered in March 1821 near Bermuda with the loss of her entire crew. * was a 3-gun schooner launched 1848 and wrecked 20 January 1855, with no loss of life. * was a

cruiser A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several operational roles from search-and-destroy to ocean escort to sea ...

launched 1941 and broken up 1965.

Other ships of the Royal Navy named ''Bermuda''

* Auxiliary Small Craft ''Bermuda'', was a trawler built in 1905 and registered in Grimsby as GY.56. Hired for naval use as a minesweeper and armed with one 6-pounder gun. Admiralty pennant number 712. In service from 16 November 1914, to 14 December 1920. * AFD Bermuda was an Admiralty Floating Dock, towed to the Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by , and HMS ''Terrible''.

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Other ships of the Royal Navy named ''Bermuda''

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