HMS Gainsborough

Last updated December 28, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gainsborough:

Gainsborough was a 40-gun ship launched in 1653. She was renamed HMS Swallow in 1660 and rated as a fourth rate. She was wrecked in 1692.
HMS Gainsborough (1918) was a Hunt-class minesweeper, built as HMS Gorleston, but renamed before being launched in 1918. She was sold in 1928.

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