HMS Asia

Last updated April 25, 2024

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Asia, after the continent of Asia:

HMS Asia (1694) was a hulk purchased in 1694 and foundered in 1701.
HMS Asia (1764) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764 and broken up in 1804.
HMS Asia (1811) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1811. She was renamed HMS Alfred in 1819, reduced to 50-guns in 1828 and broken up in 1865.
HMS Asia (1824) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1824. She was Codrington's flagship at the Battle of Navarino, made guardship from 1858 and sold in 1908.
HMS Asia (1919) was an auxiliary cruiser of the British Caspian Flotilla from 1918 to 1919.

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