Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Romney''. The origins of the name are from the town of
New Romney
New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, w ...
, although it may be that the name entered the Royal Navy in honour of
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney.
* was a 48-gun
fourth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1707.
* was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, sunk in 1721, refloated in the same year and sold in 1757.
* was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1762 and wrecked in 1804.
* was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1815. She became a
troopship in 1820, a depot ship at Havana for freed slaves in 1837, and was sold in 1845.
* was a launched in 1940 and sold in 1950.
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Royal Navy ship names