HMS Holderness

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Holderness. They were "Hunt-class" ships of different periods, named after the Holderness Hunt which operates in the Holderness area of Yorkshire.^[1]

HMS Holderness (1916) was a Hunt-class minesweeper launched in 1916, commissioned in 1917, paid off in 1920 and sold for breaking up in 1924.^[2]
HMS Holderness (L48) was a Hunt-class destroyer launched and commissioned in 1940, paid off in 1946 and scrapped in 1956.

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References

↑ "Holderness Hunt".
↑ "H.M.S. Holderness (1916)". The Dreadnought Project.

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[1] "Holderness Hunt".

[2] "H.M.S. Holderness (1916)". The Dreadnought Project.

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