Seven ships and a
shore establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.
'Stone frigate' is an informal term which has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a ' sloop of war' to harass the French in ...
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 been called HMS ''Duke'':
* was a 12-gun ship in service in 1652.
* was a 90-gun
second rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a second-rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th-century second rates had fewer guns ...
launched in 1682. She was rebuilt in 1701 and renamed HMS ''Prince George''. She was accidentally burnt in 1758.
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HMS ''Duke'' was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1678 as . She sank in 1703 but was raised in 1704 and rebuilt between 1705 and 1710. She was renamed HMS ''Duke'' in 1728 and was broken up in 1733 for rebuilding, being re-launched in 1739 and serving until broken up in 1769.
* was an 8-gun
fireship
A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were used to great effect against wooden ships throughout naval military history up until the adv ...
purchased in 1739 (not to be confused with the above-mentioned second rate re-launched in the same year) and expended at St Tropez in 1742.
* was an 8-gun fireship captured from the French in 1745 and sold in 1748.
* was a 10-gun storeship which foundered in 1761 off
Pondicherry
Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of Indi ...
.
* was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1777 and relegated to harbour service in 1799. She was broken up in 1843.
* was a training establishment in
Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern (, locally also: ) is a spa town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is ...
between 1941 and 1946, later becoming the
Royal Radar Establishment
The Royal Radar Establishment was a research centre in Malvern, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1953 as the Radar Research Establishment by the merger of the Air Ministry's Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE ...
.
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Type 23 frigate
The Type 23 frigate or Duke class is a class of frigates built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ships are named after British Dukes, thus leading to the class being commonly known as the Duke class. The first Type 23, , was commission ...
, also known as the Duke class, in service with the Royal Navy since 1987
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Royal Navy ship names