Eight ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English

England

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 town and seaport of Dover

Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...

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was a pink

Pink (ship)

A pink is one of two different types of ship.The first was a small, flat-bottomed ship with a narrow stern; the name derived from the Italian word pinco. It was used primarily in the Mediterranean Sea as a cargo ship....

 captured from the Royalists

Cavalier

Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

 in 1649 and sold in 1650. was a 48-gun ship launched in 1654, rebuilt in 1695 and 1716 and broken up in 1730. was an 8-gun dogger captured from the Dutch in 1672 and given away in 1677. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1763. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1786 and burnt by accident in 1806.

• HMS Dover was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the East Indiaman Carron. She was purchased in 1804 and renamed HMS Duncan. She was renamed HMS Dover in 1807 and was wrecked in 1811. was a 38-gun troopship
  Troopship
  A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...
  
  , previously the French ship Bellone. She was captured in 1811, used for harbour service from 1825 and was sold in 1836. was an iron paddle packet
  Packet ship
  A "packet ship" was originally a vessel employed to carry post office mail packets to and from British embassies, colonies and outposts. In sea transport, a packet service is a regular, scheduled service, carrying freight and passengers...
  
   launched in 1840. She was the first iron ship in the Royal Navy, and was sold in 1866.

See also

• HMS Dover Castle was a planned Castle-class
  Castle class corvette
  The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943...
  
   corvette
  Corvette
  A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
  
  , cancelled in 1943.