HMS Moorsom may refer to more than one ship of the British Royal Navy:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in the English Civil War:
Three warships of the Royal Navy have been given the name HMS Barham in honour of Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. A fourth was planned but never completed:
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Valiant.
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phaeton or Phaëton after Phaëton, the son of Helios in Greek mythology:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology:
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Audacious.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Caroline:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Faulknor after members of the Faulknor family, which included several distinguished naval officers:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lennox, probably after the historic Scottish region of Lennox, and its associated Duchy and Earldom:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Carysfort:
Constantine Richard Moorsom was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded HMS Fury a Hecla-class bomb vessel which saw wartime service in the Bombardment of Algiers, an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in HMS Fury in August, 1816. Moorsom was the son of Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom, a veteran of Trafalgar. Moorsom was on the roster of HMS Revenge, his father's ship, when it was at the Battle of Trafalgar. However records show that Constantine was actually at school at the time of the battle. Moorsom rose to be chairman of the London & North Western Railway.
HMS Broke was a Faulknor-class destroyer leader of the Royal Navy, initially built for the Chilean Navy as the Almirante Lynch-class destroyer Almirante Goñi. The outbreak of the First World War led to her being purchased by the Admiralty in August 1914 shortly after her launching, and renamed HMS Broke. All of the class were present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June 1916 where Broke, out of control after hits from German ships, collided with the Acasta-class destroyerHMS Sparrowhawk leading to the latter's loss. Broke saw action in several battles, and was resold to Chile after the conclusion of the war.
Moorsom may refer to:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Murray, after Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Matchless:
The second HMS Moorsom (K567) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as the United States Navy Evarts-class destroyer escort DE-522, she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945.