Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Greenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London:
HMS Greenwich (1666) was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1666. She was rebuilt in 1699 and again in 1730, before being wrecked in 1744.
HMS Greenwich (1747) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and captured by the French in 1757.
HMS Greenwich (1777) was a 26-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1777 and sold in 1783.
HMS Greenwich (1778) was a 12-gun sloop captured from the Americans in 1778 and wrecked in 1779.
HMS Greenwich was previously HMS Rodney, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1809. She was renamed Greenwich in 1827 and rearmed to 50 guns before being sold in 1836.
HMS Greenwich (1915) was a Greek merchantman, converted on the stocks to a depot ship and launched in 1915. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Hembury.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMSGreenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London: HMSGreenwich (1666) was a 54-gun fourth rate launched...
(razeed 1827-30) HMS America of 1810 (razeed 1827-28) HMS Conquestador of 1810 (razeed 1827-31) HMS Rodney of 1809 (renamed HMSGreenwich 1826 and began...
HMS Vindictive has been the name of several Royal Navy ships HM galley Vindictive was the six-gun galley Lee of the Georgia Navy that HMSGreenwich and...
named after the HMS Dreadnought quarantine and hospital ship which was moored on the Thames at Greenwich in the mid 19th century. HMS Dreadnought had...
Greenwich (/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ GREN-itch, /-ɪdʒ/ -ij, /ˈɡrɪn-/ GRIN-) is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London...
Seven Years' War. On 16 March 1757 his squadron captured the 50-gun HMSGreenwich, commanded by Captain Robert Roddam, off Saint-Domingue. That same year...
unknown. The name "Oscar" was given by the crew of the British destroyer HMS Cossack that rescued him from the sea following the sinking of the German...
cruiser HMS Bellona as gunnery officer in April 1946 and, after attending the advanced gunnery course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1947...
sail, so HMS Neptune towed her to Gibraltar for repairs. Victory then carried Nelson's body to England, where, after lying in state at Greenwich, he was...
as voting twice and speaking once. In early 1737 he was commander of HMSGreenwich and served off the West African coast, regulating British trade in the...
in 1596 and sold in 1649. HMS Warspite (1666) was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1666. She was renamed HMS Edinburgh in 1721, rebuilt...
1821 he was made Governor of Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, London. Keats held the post until his death at Greenwich in 1834. Keats is remembered as...
command the 50-gun HMS Bristol, which was then the Plymouth guardship, on 30 January 1753. He was moved to the 50-gun HMSGreenwich in 1755. Roddam was...
command of HMS James Galley. He stayed in that ship only briefly, moving to the 54-gun ship of the line HMSGreenwich in July 1693. Greenwich returned to...
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