HMS Boscawen

Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Boscawen, after Admiral Edward Boscawen, whilst another ship was planned:

• HMS Boscawen (1763) was a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773.
• HMS Boscawen was to have been an 80-gun second rate ship of the line. She was laid down in 1811 but subsequently cancelled.
• HMS Boscawen (1844) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1844. She was converted into a training ship in 1874 and was renamed Wellesley. She was damaged by fire in 1914 and was subsequently broken up.
• HMS Boscawen (shore establishment) was a training establishment in a number of locations, in service from 1862 to 1922 at Portland and later Shotley, and again from 1932 to 1947. A number of ships were renamed HMS Boscawen whilst serving as homes for the base:
  • HMS Trafalgar (1841) was HMS Boscawen from 1873 to 1906.
  • HMS Minotaur (1863) was HMS Boscawen II from 1893 to 1904, and HMS Boscawen from 1904 to 1905.
  • HMS Agincourt (1865) was HMS Boscawen III from 1905 to 1906.