HMS Standard
One ship and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Standard, a term for a war flag:
- HMS Standard was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1782, used for harbour service from 1799 and broken up in 1816.
- HMS Standard was a shore establishment at Kielder, Northumberland, commissioned in 1942 and paid off in 1945.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, June 21, 2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.