HMS Medway

Last updated December 28, 2021

Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.

HMS Medway (1693), a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693, rebuilt in 1718 and hulked in 1740. She was beached in 1748 and a sheer hulk and was broken up in 1749.
HMS Medway (1742), a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1742 and scuttled in 1748.
HMS Medway (1755), a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1755. She was used as a receiving ship after 1787, and was renamed HMS Arundel in 1802. She was broken up in 1811.
HMS Medway (1756), a 6-gun storeship purchased in 1756. She was used as a dockyard craft in 1760 and was sold in 1764.
HMS Medway (1812), a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812. She was used as a convict ship after 1847, and was sold in 1865.
HMS Medway (1876), an iron-hulled screw gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1904.
HMS Medway (1916), an M-class destroyer, originally to have been named HMS Redwing. This was changed to Medora in 1915, and then Medway before her launch in 1916. She was sold in 1921.
HMS Medway (F25), a submarine depot ship launched in 1928 and sunk by U-372 in 1942.
HMS Medway (shore establishment), were submarine base shore establishments in the Mediterranean, listed between 1942 and 1946. A number of ships were renamed HMS Medway II whilst serving as depot ships for the establishment, including:
- HMS Talbot, previously HMS M29 was Medway II between 1944 and 1945.
- HMS Bagshot was Medway II between 1945 and 1946.
HMS Medway was the former Landing craft tank HMS LCT 1109. She was HMS Medway between 1959 and 1970 whilst serving as a submarine depot ship.
HMS Medway (P223) is a River-class patrol vessel, she entered service in March 2019.

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HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 September 1693.

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