Four 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 ''Larne'', after the town of
Larne
Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory)[Larne/Latharna]
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. A fifth was renamed shortly before being launched:
* was a 20-gun
sixth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works an ...
launched in 1814 and sold in 1828.
*
HMS ''Larne'' was an 18-gun
sloop, launched in 1829 as , renamed HMS ''Larne'' in 1832 and broken up in 1866.
* was an launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
*
HMS ''Larne'' was to have been a
L-class destroyer. She was renamed shortly before her launch in 1940, and was sunk in 1943.
* was an launched in 1943. She was sold to the
Italian Navy
The Italian Navy (; abbreviated as MM) is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy) after World War II. , the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active per ...
in 1947 and renamed ''Eritrea'', and then ''Alabarda'' in 1951. She was broken up in 1981.
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Royal Navy ship names