HMS Burges

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Two ship of the Royal Navy has borne the name HMS Burges,

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HMS Burges (K347) was a Captain-class frigate, built in the United States as a Evarts-class destroyer escort, and transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, which served in World War II. She was named after Captain Richard Rundle Burges, commander of HMS Ardent, who was killed at the battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.

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