HMS Marlborough
Six warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Marlborough after the Duke of Marlborough:
- second rate, renamed Marlborough 1706; fought in the Seven Years' War; present in Sir George Pocock's fleet at the taking of Havanafrom the Spanish 1762; foundered at sea 1762.
- the Glorious First of June1794; wrecked 1800.
- HMS Marlborough (1807), a third rate built 1807; broken up 1835.
- first ratescrew ship built 1855; renamed Vernon II 1904; sank on her way to being broken up 1924.
- Romanovs, from the Crimea during the Russian Civil War.
- HMS Marlborough (F233), a Type 23 frigate launched 1989; sold to the Chilean Navy 2008; renamed Almirante Condell.
HMS Marlborough was also an Electrical Training shore station in Eastbourne during and shortly after World War II.[1]
Battle honours
Ships named Marlborough have earned the following battle honours:
- Martinique, 1762
- Havana, 1762
- St Vincent, 1780
- The Saints, 1782
- First of June, 1794
- Jutland, 1916
References
- ^ "Royal Naval Electrical Training before the establishment of the Electrical Branch in 1947 and specifically during World War Two". Dykes, Godfrey. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
Literature
- The book HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour by Nicholas Monsarrat featured a fictional sloop named HMS Marlborough in World War II.