Nine ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Milford'': * was a 22-gun ship launched in 1654 as ''Fagons''. She was renamed HMS ''Milford'' in 1660 and was burnt by accident in 1673. * was a 32-gun

fifth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal N ...

launched in 1690 and captured by the French in 1693. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1695 and captured by two French

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s in 1697. * HMS ''Milford'' was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1694 as . She was captured by the French later in 1694, and renamed ''Duc de Chaulnes''. She was recaptured in 1696 and taken into service as HMS ''Milford''. She was rebuilt in 1705 and wrecked in 1720. * HMS ''Milford'' was a 50-gun

fourth rate In 1603 all English warships with a complement of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers, a six-tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided ...

launched in 1712 as . She was renamed HMS ''Milford'' in 1744 and sold in 1749. * was a 28-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 1759 and sold in 1785. * was a 78-gun

third rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Rating When the rating system was f ...

launched in 1809, used for harbour service from 1825 and broken up in 1846. * was a tank vessel in service between 1816 and 1852. * was a sloop launched in 1932 and sold in 1949.

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