HMS Kent

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

• was a 46-gun fourth rate launched in 1652 as the Kentish, renamed Kent in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
• was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
• was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
• was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
• was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
• HMS Kent (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
• HMS Kent was to have been a 91-gun second rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
• HMS Kent was originally the 98-gun second rate . She was renamed HMS Kent in 1888 and then HMS Caledonia in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
• was a armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
• was a heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sold in 1948.
• was a guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
• is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1998 and currently in service.

Battle honours

• 1653 Portland¹
• 1654 Gabbard¹
• 1655 Porto Farina
• 1665 Lowestoft
• 1666 Orfordness
• 1692 Barfleur
• 1702 Vigo
• 1703 Velez Malaga
• 1718 Cape Passero
• 1747 Ushant
• 1801 Egypt
• 1914 Falkland Islands
• 1940 Atlantic
• 1940 Mediterranean
• 1942 - 43 Arctic
• 1944 Norway

<small>1: As the Kentish Frigate</small>

See also

• Hired armed cutter