HMS Romney
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Five ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Romney. The origins of the name are from the town of New Romney
, although it maybe that the name entered the Royal Navy in honour of Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
.
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 been named HMS Romney. The origins of the name are from the town of New Romney
New Romney
New Romney is a small town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to be silted up. New Romney was once a sea port, with the harbour adjacent to the church, but is now more than a mile from the sea...
, although it maybe that the name entered the Royal Navy in honour of Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
Henry Sydney , 1st Earl of Romney was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and sister of Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland.Henry was a brother of...
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- HMS RomneyHMS Romney (1694)HMS Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1694.Commanded by Captain William Coney, Romney was wrecked on the Scilly Isles on 26 October 1707 when a disastrous navigational error sent Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet through dangerous...
was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1707. - HMS RomneyHMS Romney (1708)HMS Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Sir Joseph Allin to the 1706 Establishment at Deptford Dockyard, and launched on 2 December 1708....
was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, sunk in 1721, refloated in the same year and sold in 1757. - HMS RomneyHMS Romney (1762)HMS Romney was a 50-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned forty years....
was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1762 and wrecked in 1804. - HMS Romney was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1815. She became a troopshipTroopshipA troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...
in 1820, a depot ship in 1837 and was sold in 1845. - HMS Romney was a Bangor-classBangor class minesweeperThe Bangor-class minesweepers were a class of minesweepers operated by the Royal Navy , Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Indian Navy during World War II....
minesweeperMinesweeper (ship)A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
launched in 1940 and sold in 1950.