HMS Sheerness
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sheerness, after the town of Sheerness in Kent, once home to Sheerness Dockyard:
HMS Sheerness (1673) was a 2-gun smack launched in 1673 and sunk as a foundation in 1695.
HMS Sheerness (1691) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1691, rebuilt in 1731 and sold in 1744.
HMS Sheerness (1743) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1768.
HMS Sheerness (1759) was a store lighter launched in 1759 and broken up in 1811.
HMS Sheerness (1787) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1787 and wrecked in 1805. Because Sheerness served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.
HMS Sheerness (1788) was a 4-gun tender launched in 1788 and broken up in 1811.
HMS Sheerness (1791) was a 10-gun tender purchased in 1791 and probably sold in 1810.
Sources
References
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.).
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