HMS Marne

Last updated December 26, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Marne, after the river Marne in France, site of the First Battle of the Marne in 1914:

HMS Marne (1915) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1915 and sold in 1921.
HMS Marne (G35) was an M-class destroyer launched in 1940. She was sold to the Turkish Navy in 1958 and renamed Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak. She was discarded in 1970.

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