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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shoreham after the town of Shoreham-by-Sea:
- HMS Shoreham was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1694. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1720, and was sold in 1744.
- HMS Shoreham was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1758.
- HMS Shoreham was to have been a Hunt class minesweeper, but she was renamed whilst under construction and launched as HMS Salford in 1919.
- HMS Shoreham was a Shoreham -class sloop launched in 1930. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Jorge Fel Joven and was broken up in 1950.
- HMS Shoreham is a Sandown-class minehunter, launched in 2001 and currently in service.
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- 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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