HMS Liberty

Last updated October 16, 2021

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Liberty.

English ship Liberty (1632), a great ship wrecked in 1650
HMS Liberty (1768) was a sloop belonging to John Hancock confiscated by the Royal Navy in 1768 for failure to pay customs duties. She was commissioned under Captain William Reid as a revenue ship. In July 1769 she seized two Connecticut vessels and brought them into Newport, Rhode Island. A group of Newport citizens boarded the Liberty, smashed her lifeboats, cut down her masts and cables, and set her adrift. She ran aground on a small nearby island and then burned.
HMS Liberty (1779) was a cutter purchased in 1779, later re-rigged as a brig, and sold in Barbados in 1816.
HMS Liberty - sailing brig sunk in a collision in 1804.
HMS Liberty - sailing brig serving as a tender to Lion in 1901.
HMS Liberty was a paddle steamer/mine sweeper originally named Roslin Castle and renamed Wanderer in 1913.
HMS Liberty (1913), launched in 1913, was a Laforey-class destroyer that served in World War I, fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, and was broken up in 1921.
HMS Liberty (J391), launched in 1943, was an Algerine-class minesweeper that served in World War II. She was sold to the Belgian Navy in 1949 and renamed Adrien de Gerlache.

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