HMS Hoste
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Two ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Hoste, after Captain Sir William Hoste
. A third was planned, but entered service under a different name:
was a Parker-class destroyer leader launched in 1916 and sunk in a collision with later that year.
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 Hoste, after Captain Sir William Hoste
William Hoste
Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet KCB RN , Royal Navy captain, was the son of Dixon Hoste, rector of Godwick and Tittleshall in Norfolk...
. A third was planned, but entered service under a different name:
was a Parker-class destroyer leader launched in 1916 and sunk in a collision with later that year.
- HMS Hoste was to have been a frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
transferred under lend-leaseLend-LeaseLend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...
. The name was changed in 1943 to , and she became a Colony-classColony class frigateThe Colony class frigates were a class of 21 ships constructed in the United States by Walsh-Kaiser of Providence, Rhode Island for transfer under Lend-Lease to the Royal Navy in 1944...
frigate. was a Captain-classCaptain class frigateThe Captain class were 78 frigates of the Royal Navy, constructed in the United States, launched in 1942–1943 and delivered to the United Kingdom under the provisions of Lend-Lease. They served in World War II as convoy escorts, anti-submarine warfare vessels and coastal forces control frigates...
frigate transferred under lend-lease in 1943 and returned to the US Navy in 1945.