HMS Mersey
Appearance
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey:
Ships
- HMS Mersey (1814) was a Template:Sclass- 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1814, used for harbour service from 1832, and broken up in 1852.
- HMS Mersey (1858) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1875.
- HMS Mersey (1885) was a Template:Sclass- protected cruiser launched in 1885 and sold in 1905.
- HMS Mersey (1914) was a Template:Sclass- monitor launched in 1913 for Brazil, but purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Mersey (P283) is a Template:Sclass2- offshore patrol vessel launched in 2003 and currently in service.
Shore establishments
- HMS Mersey (shore establishment) was the Navy's Liverpool depot, established as a branch of HMS Eaglet and commissioned in 1940, and paid off in 1946.
Tenders
- HMS Mersey was the name borne by a number of tenders to the Liverpool Royal Naval Reserve
- HM Motor minesweeper 1075 was HMS Mersey between 1949 and 1956.
Two Ton-class minesweepers bearing the name HMS Mersey served as tenders to the Liverpool RNR.
- HMS Amerton was HMS Mersey between 1954 and 1959.
- HMS Pollington was HMS Mersey between 1959 and 1975.