HMS Tilbury

Last updated December 30, 2021

HMS Tilbury is the name of several ships of the Royal Navy.

HMS Tilbury (1699) was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line which was broken up in 1726.
HMS Tilbury (1733) was a 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line. She accidentally caught fire and sank off Hispaniola in 1742.
HMS Tilbury (1745) was a 58-gun fourth-rate ship of the line. She was driven onto the rocks by a storm in 1757.
HMS Tilbury (1856) was an Albacore-class gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1865.
HMS Tilbury (1918) was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold for breaking up in 1931.
HMS Tilbury (J228) was a Bangor-class minesweeper transferred to the Royal Indian Navy before she was launched in 1942 and renamed HMIS Konkan (J228).

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