HMS Selby

Last updated August 04, 2023

Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Selby, after the North Yorkshire town:

HMS Selby (1654) was a 22-gun ship launched at Wapping in 1654 and renamed HMS Eagle in 1660. Converted to a fireship in 1674, she was sunk in 1694 to help form foundations at Sheerness.
HMS Selby was a storeship purchased in April 1781 and sold on 2 December 1783.
HMS Selby (1798) was the mercantile Selby, launched in 1791 in Whitby, purchased in 1798 for service as a 22-gun ship, and sold in December 1801. She then returned to mercantile service as the West Indiaman Selby, and was probably wrecked in February 1807; she was last listed in 1810.

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Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna or HMS Etna, after the volcano Etna:

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Nine ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wasp, with one other government vessel using the name:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speedy:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Supply.

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Porpoise, after the marine mammal, the porpoise:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Halifax, after the English town of Halifax, West Yorkshire and the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dover, after the English town and seaport of Dover:

Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Swan, or the archaic HMS Swann, probably after the bird, the Swan:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Investigator. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched. The name Investigator passed on to the Royal Indian Navy and after India's Independence, to its successor the Indian Navy where the lineage of naming survey ships Investigator continues unbroken.

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crown. Another was planned but never completed:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:

Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dart, after the River Dart in Devon:

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

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