Three 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 ''Torrington'', while the name has also been used for one ship of the navy during the
Commonwealth period:
*
''Torrington'' was a 62-gun ship launched in 1654. She was renamed ''Dreadnought'' in 1660, and foundered in 1690.
*
HMS ''Torrington'' 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 1676 as . ''Charles Galley'' was renamed ''Torrington'' in 1729, was hulked in 1740 and sold in 1744.
* was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1763.
* was a launched in 1943 under
lend-lease
Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (),3,000 Hurricanes and >4,000 other aircraft)
* 28 naval vessels:
** 1 Battleship. (HMS Royal Sovereign (05), HMS Royal Sovereign)
* ...
, and returned to the
US Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
in 1946.
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Royal Navy ship names