Six 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 ''Halifax'', after the English town of

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and the city of

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. * HMS ''Halifax'' (1756) was a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego * was a 6-gun

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 ...

built 1765, purchased in 1768 and wrecked in 1775 * HMS Halifax (1775) was a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780. She may have been the previous ''Halifax'', salvaged and returned to service. * was an 18-gun sloop, originally , built 1777, renamed after the capture of ''Ranger'' on 11 May 1780; sold in 1781 * HMS ''Halifax'' (1782) was a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784 * was a 12-gun brig, the former French privateer ''Marie'' that the Royal Navy captured in 1797, commissioned in 1801, and sold that same year. She became the mercantile ''Halifax''. * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at

and broken up in 1814

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halifax Royal Navy ship names

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