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 ''Welfare''. A fourth was planned but never completed:
* was a King's ship mentioned in 1350.
* was a captain's
John Strong ship, commanding which he made a first landing on
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...
in 1690.
* HMS ''Welfare'' was to have been an Admiralty modified
W-class destroyer. She was laid down in 1918 but cancelled later that year.
* was an launched in 1943 and broken up in 1957.
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Royal Navy ship names