• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1652)
  Kentish was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the Commonwealth of England Navy, built at Deptford and launched in 1652.Her most famous action was when she attacked a squadron of Tunisian warships lying in Porto Farina, on the Barbary Coast...
  
   was a 46-gun fourth-rate
  Fourth-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in...
  
   launched in 1652 as the Kentish Frigate, renamed Kent in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1679)
  HMS Kent was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1679. She was the second ship of the name....
  
   was a 70-gun third-rate
  Third-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
  
   launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1746)
  HMS Kent was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from Deptford Dockyard on 10 May 1743 to be built to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and was launched on 10 May 1746...
  
   was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1762)
  HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 March 1762 at Deptford Dockyard.In 1774, a chest containing perhaps as much as 400 lb of gunpowder exploded during saluting, killing eleven and injuring dozens more, and causing the marine drummer sitting on the...
  
   was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1798)
  HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard.She became a sheer hulk in 1856, and was broken up in 1881....
  
   was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1798)
  HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard.She became a sheer hulk in 1856, and was broken up in 1881....
  
   was a 16-gun gunvessel
  Gunboat
  A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
  
   purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
• HMS Kent was to have been a 91-gun second-rate
  Second-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied...
  
  . She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Impregnable (1810)
  HMS Impregnable was a 98-gun second rate three-decker ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught...
  
   was originally the 98-gun second rate Impregnable
  HMS Impregnable (1810)
  HMS Impregnable was a 98-gun second rate three-decker ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught...
  
  . She was renamed HMS Kent in 1888 and then HMS Caledonia in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (1901)
  HMS Kent was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of 9,800 tons displacement, of the British Royal Navy. She was launched on 6 March 1901, with her heaviest guns being 6 inch quick-firers...
  
   was a Monmouth class
  Monmouth class cruiser
  The Monmouth-class was a ten-ship class of 10,000 ton armoured cruisers built around 1901 to 1903 for the Royal Navy and designed specifically for commerce protection...
  
   armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
• HMS Kent was a County class
  County class cruiser
  The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the British Royal Navy in the years between the First and Second World Wars. They were the first post-war cruiser construction for the Royal Navy and were designed within the limits of the Washington Naval Conference of 1922...
  
   heavy cruiser
  Heavy cruiser
  The 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 1926 and sold in 1948.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (D12)
  HMS Kent was a batch-1 County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters were equipped with the SeaSlug Mk-1 medium range surface to air missile SAM system, along with the short-range SeaCat SAM, two double mount 4.5" gun turrets, two single 20mm cannon, ASW torpedo tubes, and a...
  
   was a County class
  County class destroyer
  The County class was a class of guided missile destroyers, the first such vessels built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Sea Slug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air-defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war...
  
   guided missile destroyer
  Guided missile destroyer
  A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. In the U.S...
  
   launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
• HMS Kent
  HMS Kent (F78)
  HMS Kent is a Type 23 Duke class frigate of the British Royal Navy, and the twelfth ship to bear the name.Kents lineage boasts sixteen Battle Honours from the three given to the first Kent of 46 guns built in 1653, to the five awarded to the ninth and tenth Kents of World War I and World War...
  
   is a Type 23
  Type 23 frigate
  The Type 23 frigate is a class of frigate built for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. All the ships were first named after British Dukes, thus the class is also known as the Duke class. The first Type 23 was commissioned in 1989, and the sixteenth, was launched in May 2000 and commissioned in...
  
   frigate
  Frigate
  A 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"...
  
   launched in 1998 and currently in service.

Battle honours

• 1653 Portland
  Battle of Portland
  The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle took place during 28 February-2 March 1653 , during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp...
  
   (as the Kentish Frigate)
• 1654 Gabbard
  Battle of the Gabbard
  The naval Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank, the Battle of the North Foreland or the second Battle of Nieuwpoort took place on 2–3 June 1653 according to the Old Style of Julian calendar then used in England during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard...
  
   (as the Kentish Frigate)
• 1655 Porto Farina
  Action of 14 April 1655
  The Action of 14 April 1655 took place at Porto Farina , northern Tunisia, when an English fleet under Robert Blake destroyed several Barbary vessels. It achieved little direct effect....
  
  
• 1665 Lowestoft
  Battle of Lowestoft
  The naval Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.A fleet of more than a hundred ships of the United Provinces commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam attacked an English fleet of equal size commanded by James Stuart, Duke of York forty...
  
  
• 1666 Orfordness
  St. James's Day Battle
  The naval St James' Day Battle , the Battle of the North Foreland and the Battle of Orfordness) took place on 25 July 1666 — St James' day in the Julian calendar then in use in England , during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and was fought between fleets of England, commanded jointly by...
  
  
• 1692 Barfleur
• 1702 Vigo
  Battle of Vigo Bay
  The Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande , was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement followed an Anglo-Dutch attempt to capture the Spanish port of Cádiz in September in an effort to secure a naval...
  
  
• 1703 Velez Malaga
• 1718 Cape Passero
  Battle of Cape Passaro
  The Battle of Cape Passaro was the defeat of a Spanish fleet under Admirals Antonio de Gaztañeta and Fernando Chacón by a British fleet under Admiral George Byng, near Cape Passero, Sicily, on 11 August 1718, four months before the War of the Quadruple Alliance was formally...
  
  
• 1747 Ushant
  Battle of Ushant
  Battle of Ushant may refer to:*Battle of Ushant , fought west of Ushant, a large but inconclusive engagement in the American War of Independence*Battle of Ushant , a convoy battle, also during the American War of Independence...
  
  
• 1801 Egypt
  Battle of the Nile
  The Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
  
  
• 1914 Falkland Islands
  Battle of the Falkland Islands
  The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 during the First World War in the South Atlantic...
  
  
• 1940 Atlantic
  Second Battle of the Atlantic
  The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. It was at its...
  
  
• 1940 Mediterranean
  Mediterranean Theatre of World War II
  The African, Mediterranean and Middle East theatres encompassed the naval, land, and air campaigns fought between the Allied and Axis forces in the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and Africa...
  
  
• 1942 - 43 Arctic
  Arctic convoys of World War II
  The Arctic convoys of World War II travelled from the United Kingdom and North America to the northern ports of the Soviet Union—Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. There were 78 convoys between August 1941 and May 1945...
  
  
• 1944 Norway
  Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
  The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht...
  
  

See also

• HMS Kentish
  HMS Kentish
  Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kentish, a variation on the English county of Kent:*HMS Kentish was an armed merchantman purchased in 1646 and listed until 1647....
  
  
• HMS Kentville