HMS Manilla

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Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Manilla after Manilla:

HMS Manilla (1763) was a merchant ship captured in 1762 and commissioned in 1763 as a 14-gun sloop. She was sold at Madras in 1763.
HMS Manilla (1780) was a 14-gun storeship purchased in 1780 and lost in the East Indies in 1782.
HMS Manilla (1809) was a 36-gun Apollo-class frigate launched in 1809 and wrecked off the Texel in 1812.
HMS Manilla (1819) was to be a 46-gun Seringapatam-class frigate ordered in 1819 but cancelled in 1831.
HMS Manilla (1860) was the civilian storeship Atalante purchased in 1860 and named Manilla in 1861. She was exchanged for the barque Ingeberg (see below) in 1870.
HMS Manilla (1870) was the civilian storeship Ingeberg taken over in 1870. She was sold at Yokohama in 1872.

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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alarm, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:

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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. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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