HMS Jamaica

Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jamaica, after the island colony of Jamaica:

HMS Jamaica (1710), a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and wrecked in 1715
HMS Jamaica (1744), a 14-gun sloop launched 1744 and foundered 1770 off Jamaica
HMS Jamaica (1779), a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold in 1783
HMS Jamaica, formerly the French 26-gun corvette Perçante, which HMS Intrepid captured in February 1796;^[1] she was taken in as a 26-gun 6th-rate and sold in 1814.
HMS Jamaica (1825), a 52-gun 4th-rate ordered in 1825 and cancelled in 1829
HMS Jamaica (C44), a Crown Colony class cruiser launched in 1940 and scrapped in 1960

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 13886. p. 375. 23 April 1796.

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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