HMS Bridgewater
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Bridgewater, while one ship of the navy of the Commonwealth of England
has also carried the name:
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Bridgewater, while one ship of the navy of the Commonwealth of England
Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland...
has also carried the name:
- BridgewaterHMS Anne (1654)Bridgewater was a 52-gun third rate frigate built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Deptford, and launched in 1654.After the Restoration in 1660, her name was changed to HMS Anne. She was accidentally blown up in 1673....
was a 58-gun ship launched in 1654. After the English RestorationEnglish RestorationThe Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
in 1660 she was renamed and was blown up in 1673. was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1698. She was converted to a fireship in 1727, was rebuilt as a sixth rate in 1729 and was broken up in 1738. was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and wrecked in 1743. was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1744. She was run ashore and burnt in 1758 to avoid being captured by the French. was a Bridgewater-classBridgewater class sloopThe Bridgewater class sloop was a class composed of two ships built for the Royal Navy, and . The ships were part of the Royal Navy's 1927 Build Programme as replacements for the .-Design:...
sloopSloop-of-warIn the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
launched in 1928 and sold for breaking up in 1947.