Four vessels of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Ribble'', after the
English river:
* , a launched at Yarrow in 1904 and sold for scrap in 1920. It participated in the 1915
naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign.
* was assigned to a launched by W. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, Scotland on 23 April 1943 but the vessel was transferred to the
Royal Netherlands Navy before completion and commissioned as HNLMS ''Johan Maurits van Nassau''.
* was another River-class frigate, originally to have been called HMS ''Duddon''. It constructed at Blyth and launched on 10 November 1943. It was lent to the Royal Canadian Navy from 24 July 1944 onward and recommissioned HMCS ''Ribble''. Returned to the Royal Navy on 11 June 1945, the vessel was broken up in 1957.
* was a launched at
Great Yarmouth
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on 7 May 1985 and transferred to the
Brazilian Navy
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on 10 January 1995, and renamed ''Garnier Sampaio''.
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Royal Navy ship names