HMS Hampshire

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hampshire after the English county:

• English ship Hampshire (1653) was a 46-gun ship launched in 1653 and sunk in 1697 in action with the French ship Pelican in Hudson Bay during the War of the Grand Alliance.
• HMS Hampshire (1698) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1698 and broken up in 1739.
• HMS Hampshire (1741) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1741 and broken up in 1766.
• HMS Hampshire (1903) was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser launched in 1903 and sunk by a mine in 1916.
• HMS Hampshire (D06) was a County-class guided missile destroyer launched in 1963 and scrapped in 1979.

References

• 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.