Two ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Calpe'', named after an ancient name for the
Rock of Gibraltar
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or ''Mons Calpe''.
* , 14-gun
sloop, formerly the Spanish ''San Josef'', captured in 1800 and sold in 1802
* , Type II launched in 1941, transferred to the Royal Danish Navy in 1952 as the
Rolfe Krake, and sold for scrapping in 1966
* , Headquarters of the
Royal Naval Reserve
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at Gibraltar until 1993
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Royal Navy ship names