HMS Donegal

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Donegal, after the failed French attempt to land in County Donegal in 1798:^[1]

HMS Donegal (1798) was a 76-gun third rate, previously the French ship Hoche. She was captured in 1798 and commissioned into the Navy as HMS Donegal. She was broken up in 1845.^[2]
HMS Donegal (1858) was a 101-gun first rate Conqueror-class ship of the line launched in 1858. She became part of the torpedo and mining school ship HMS Vernon in 1886 and was sold in 1925.^[3]
HMS Donegal (1902) was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser launched in 1902. She served in the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1920.

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References

↑ Name histories
↑ Lyon, p. 41
↑ Lyon, p. 189

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Lyon, D. & Winfield, R. The Sail & Steam Navy List, London (2004): Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9

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[1] Name histories

[2] Lyon, p. 41

[3] Lyon, p. 189

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