Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Devonshire'', originally in honour of
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, (25 January 164018 August 1707) was an English soldier, nobleman, and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire. H ...
, and later after the county of Devonshire (now called
Devon).
* was an 80-gun
third rate launched in 1692 and blown up in action with the French in 1707 at the
Battle at the Lizard.
* was an 80-gun third rate, launched in 1710, hulked in 1740, and sold in 1760.
* was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1745 and broken up in 1772.
* was a
fire ship purchased in 1804 and expended on 3 October of that year at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
* was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812, on harbour service from 1849, and broken up in 1869.
* was a
armoured cruiser
The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast eno ...
launched in 1904 and sold in 1921.
* was a
heavy cruiser launched in 1927, converted to a training ship in 1947, and sold in 1954.
* was a
guided missile destroyer launched in 1960 and sunk as a target in 1984.
Battle honours
Ships named ''Devonshire'' have earned the following
battle honours:
*
Barfleur, 1692
*
Finisterre, 1747
*
Ushant, 1747
*
Louisburg, 1758
*
Martinique, 1762
*
Havana, 1762
*
Norway, 1940
*
Arctic, 1941
*
Diego Suarez Diego Suarez or ''Diego-Suarez'' may refer to:
* Antsiranana, a city in Madagascar formerly known as Diego-Suarez
* Diego Suarez (navigator) or Diogo Soares, 16th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer
* Diego Suárez (soldier) (1552–1623), Sp ...
, 1942
In film
*The
James Bond film ''
Tomorrow Never Dies'' features a fictional
Type 23 frigate named HMS ''Devonshire'', sunk by Elliot Carver's stealth ship.
See also
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Royal Navy ship names