HMS Faulknor

Last updated November 04, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Faulknor after members of the Faulknor family, which included several distinguished naval officers:

HMS Faulknor (1914) was a Faulknor-class flotilla leader commandeered from the Chilean Navy and launched in 1914. She was returned to Chile in 1920 and commissioned as the Almirante Lynch-class destroyer Almirante Riveros.
HMS Faulknor (1925) was a river gunboat, previously the civilian Po-on, purchased in 1925 and sold in 1928.
HMS Faulknor (H62) was an F-class destroyer launched in 1933 and scrapped in 1946.

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The Faulknor class were a class of flotilla leaders that were under construction in the United Kingdom for the Chilean Navy at the outbreak of World War I. Six ships were ordered by Chile, of which the first two were delivered to Chile before the outbreak of the war. The remaining four ships were purchased by the British, taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. In common with Royal Navy convention, they were named after famous Royal Navy captains of the past, in this case the members of the Faulknor family.

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<i>Almirante Lynch</i>-class destroyer (1912)

The Almirante Lynch class were a group of destroyers built for the Chilean Navy prior to World War I. Initially six ships were planned, two being delivered. The other four were purchased by and incorporated into the Royal Navy during World War I as the Faulknor class. Following the war, the three surviving ships were returned to the Chilean Navy and renamed the Almirante Williams class. The class of ships was named after Admiral Patricio Lynch, Chilean sailor, hero of the War of the Pacific.

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