HMS Welfare

Last updated October 05, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Welfare. A fourth was planned but never completed:

HMS Welfare (1350) was a King's ship mentioned in 1350.
HMS Welfare (1689) was a captain's John Strong ship, commanding which he made a first landing on Falkland Islands in 1690.
HMS Welfare was to have been an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer. She was laid down in 1918 but cancelled later that year.
HMS Welfare (J356) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1943 and broken up in 1957.

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