HMS Forte

Last updated December 24, 2021

HMS Forte may refer to more than one ship of the British Royal Navy:

HMS Forte (1794), a French Navy 42-gun frigate launched in 1794, captured by the Royal Navy in 1799, and wrecked in 1801.
HMS Forte, a 5th rate ordered in 1801 but subsequently canceled.
HMS Pembroke (1812), a 74-gun 3rd rate renamed HMS Forte when she became a receiving hulk in 1890.
HMS Forte (1814), a 38-gun 5th rate launched in 1814 and broken up in 1844.
HMS Forte (1858), a 51-gun screw frigate launched in 1858, hulked in the 1870s, and destroyed by fire in 1905.
HMS Forte (1893), a protected cruiser launched in 1893 and decommissioned in 1913.
HMS Furious (1896), a protected cruiser renamed HMS Forte after being hulked in 1915.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

Related Research Articles

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.

HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arethusa after the Greek mythological nymph Arethusa who was transformed by Artemis into a fountain.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:

Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage.

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

There are eight ships of the British Royal Navy that have been named HMS Edgar.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:

Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Aurora or HMS Aurore, after the Roman Goddess of the dawn.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory, or the French variant HMS Gloire:

Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aeolus, after one of a number of figures named Aeolus who appear in Greek mythology:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blonde:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Retribution:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Firm or Firme.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.