HMS Forth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Forth, after the River Forth:
- HMS Forth was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate, but she was renamed HMS Tigris in 1812 before being launched in 1813.
- HMS Forth was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1813 and broken up in 1819.
- HMS Forth was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1833. She was converted to a screw frigate and undocked in 1856. She became a coal hulk in 1869 and was renamed HMS Jupiter, before being sold in 1883.
- HMS Forth was a Mersey class cruiser launched in 1886. She was to have been renamed HMS Howard in 1920, but this did not happen and she was sold in 1921.
- HMS Forth was a submarine depot ship launched in 1938. She was renamed HMS Defiance between 1972 and 1978 and was sold for scrapping in 1985.
  |
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. |
