HMS Trinidad

Last updated April 01, 2024

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Trinidad, after the Caribbean island and former British possession Trinidad:

HMS Trinidad (1805) was a 10 gun schooner, listed in service between 1805 and 1809.
HMS Trinidad (1918) was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1932.
HMS Trinidad (46) was a Crown Colony-class cruiser launched in 1941. She was struck by her own torpedo whilst on convoy escort duties in 1942, and sunk later that year in a German air attack.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

Related Research Articles

Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. The name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships in 1759, when the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Océan. The British studied the French technology of this ship and admired it, but the ship had to be in bad shape before it would be replaced by a new-build.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Agamemnon, after the legendary Greek king Agamemnon.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror, and another was planned:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wolverine, or the alternative spelling Wolverene, after the wolverine:

Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Turbulent:

Several ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Orestes, after the mythical son of Agamemnon, who avenged his father's murder:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Iris after the Greek mythological figure Iris or after the flower by that name. A ninth was planned but renamed before entering service:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thames, after the River Thames:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Virago, after the term virago, to mean a strong, warlike woman:

Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whiting, after the common name for Merlangius merlangus, a species of fish:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wizard.

At least three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Strenuous :

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Charwell, after the River Cherwell, a tributary of the River Thames:

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Oroonoko, after Oroonoko, or possibly the Orinoco:

HMS Tobago has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Desperate, the adjective having the sense of "having reckless abandon in the pursuit of an extreme desire":

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

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Torch:

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.