HMS Lewes
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Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Lewes after the English town.
- Lewes was one of 24 Racecourse class paddle wheel minesweeper, built in Mar 1918 by Fleming & Ferguson Shipbuilders at Paisley near Glasgow.
- Lewes (G68) was initially USS Craven (DD-70), a Caldwell-class destroyer, in the United States Navy and was launched 29 June 1918 by the US Norfolk Navy Yard. She was commissioned as HMS Lewes on 23 October 1940. The vessel was scuttled off Australia in 1946.
[edit] References
- 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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