HMS Cornwallis
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwallis, after Admiral Sir William Cornwallis.
- HMS Cornwallis was a 5-gun galley purchased in North America in 1777 and sold in 1782.
- HMS Cornwallis was a 14-gun storeship purchased in 1781, that foundered in 1782 in the Atlantic.
- HMS Cornwallis was a 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line, formerly the East Indiaman Marquis Cornwallis, purchased in 1801. She was renamed HMS Akbar in 1806 and used as a troopship. In 1824 she was used for harbour service, and was finally sold in 1862.
- HMS Cornwallis was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1813. She was converted to a screw propelled ship in 1855 and rearmed to 60 guns. She became a jetty in 1865, was renamed HMS Wildfire in 1916 and was broken up in 1957.
- HMS Cornwallis was a Duncan-class battleship launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917 by a German U-Boat.
[edit] See also
HMS Lychnis was an Anchusa class sloop renamed HMIS Cornwallis on her transferral to the Royal Indian Marine in 1921.
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