HMS Frobisher
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Two ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Frobisher, after the Elizabethan explorer and adventurer Martin Frobisher
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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 Frobisher, after the Elizabethan explorer and adventurer Martin Frobisher
Martin Frobisher
Sir Martin Frobisher was an English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage...
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- HMS Frobisher was renamed HMS Parker in 1915, before being launched the following year as an Improved Marksman class destroyer leader.
- HMS FrobisherHMS Frobisher (D81)HMS Frobisher was a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 20 March 1920.-Interwar career:...
was a Hawkins-classHawkins class cruiserThe Hawkins class was a class of five heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy designed in 1915 and constructed throughout the First World War. All ships were named after Elizabethan sea captains...
heavy cruiserHeavy cruiserThe heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre . The heavy cruiser can be seen as a lineage of ship design from 1915 until 1945, although the term 'heavy cruiser' only came into formal use in 1930...
launched in 1920. She served in the Second World War and was broken up in 1949.