HMS Torrington

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Torrington, while the name has also been used for one ship of the navy during the Commonwealth period:

Torrington was a 62-gun ship launched in 1654. She was renamed HMS Dreadnought in 1660, and foundered in 1690.
HMS Torrington was a 32–gun fifth rate launched in 1676 as HMS Charles Galley. Charles Galley was renamed Torrington in 1729, was hulked in 1740 and sold in 1744.
HMS Torrington was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1743 and sold in 1763.
HMS Torrington was a Captain-class frigate launched in 1943 under lend-lease, and returned to the US Navy in 1946.

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