HMS London

Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London. Another has been named HMS Loyal London (1666):

English ship London (1636) was a 40-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1636 and listed until 1653
The London (1656 ship) was a 64-gun second-rate ship launched in 1656 and blown up in an accident in 1665
HMS Loyal London (1666) was a 96-gun second-rate ship launched in 1666: she was partly destroyed by fire by the Dutch in the Medway in 1667, but the remains were rebuilt becoming the next HMS London
HMS London (1670) was a 96-gun first-rate ship launched in 1670 to replace the previous ship of the same name: rebuilt in 1706 and 1721, and was broken up in 1747
HMS London (1756 brigantine) was a 16-gun brigantine launched in 1756 on Lake Ontario and captured by the French the same year
HMS London (1756 busse) was a 6-gun Herring buss (formerly the civilian fisheries vessel Holden), purchased in 1756 from the Society for the Free British Fishery and burnt to avoid capture in 1758
HMS London (1759) was a 6-gun busse purchased in 1759 and in the records until 1764
HMS London (1766) was a 90-gun second rate, launched in 1766 and broken up in 1811
HMS London was to have been a 104-gun first rate: she was renamed HMS Royal Adelaide in 1827, launched in 1828, and sold in 1905
HMS London (1840) was a 92-gun second rate launched in 1840: converted to screw propulsion in 1858 and rearmed to 72 guns, became a harbour storeship in 1874 and sold in 1884
HMS London (1899) was a Formidable-class battleship launched in 1899, converted to a minelayer in 1918 and sold in 1920
HMS London (69) was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1927 and sold in 1950
HMS London (D16) was a County-class guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and transferred to Pakistan in 1982, where she was renamed Babur
HMS London (F95) was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1984, sold to Romania in 2002 and renamed Regina Maria

HMS London

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