HMS Torrington

Last updated December 28, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Torrington, while the name has also been used for one ship of the navy during the Commonwealth period:

Torrington was a 62-gun ship launched in 1654. She was renamed HMS Dreadnought in 1660, and foundered in 1690.
HMS Torrington was a 32–gun fifth rate launched in 1676 as HMS Charles Galley. Charles Galley was renamed Torrington in 1729, was hulked in 1740 and sold in 1744.
HMS Torrington (1743) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1763.
HMS Torrington (K577) was a Captain-class frigate launched in 1943 under lend-lease, and returned to the US Navy in 1946.

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HMS Charles Galley was a 32–gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1676. She was rebuilt in 1693, and again at Deptford Dockyard in 1710. She was renamed HMS Torrington after a third rebuild in 1729, and was hulked in 1740. She was finally sold on 12 July 1744.

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