HMS Maidstone

Last updated February 27, 2020

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Maidstone, after the English town of Maidstone, or the Battle of Maidstone:

Maidstone was a 40-gun ship launched for the Commonwealth in 1654. She was renamed HMS Mary Rose at the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 and was captured in 1691.
HMS Maidstone (1693) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1693 and sold in 1714.
HMS Maidstone was a hospital ship, launched as the 48-gun fourth rate HMS Rochester in 1693. She was renamed Maidstone in 1744 on her conversion to a hospital ship and was broken up in 1748.
HMS Maidstone (1744) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1744 and wrecked in 1747.
HMS Maidstone (1758) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1758 and broken up in 1794.
HMS Maidstone (1795) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1795 and broken up in 1810.
HMS Maidstone (1811) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1811. She was used as a receiving ship from 1832, was hulked in 1839 and broken up in 1865.
HMS Maidstone (1912) was a depot ship launched in 1912 and sold in 1929.
HMS Maidstone (1937) was a submarine depot ship launched in 1937. She was used as an accommodation ship and a prison ship and was broken up in 1978.

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