Eleven ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of
Kent and the
Duke of Kent.
HMS Kent (1652) was a 46-gun
fourth rate launched in 1652 as the Kentish Frigate, renamed Kent in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
HMS Kent (1679) was a 70-gun
third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
HMS Kent (1746) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
HMS Kent (1762) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
HMS Kent (1798) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a
sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
HMS Kent (1798) was a 16-gun
gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
HMS Kent was to have been a 91-gun
second rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
HMS Kent was originally the 98-gun second rate
Impregnable. She was renamed HMS Kent in 1888 and then HMS Caledonia in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
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