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Eleven ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Kent''''', after the county of [[Kent]] and the [[Duke of Kent]].

* {{HMS|Kent|1652}} was a 46-gun [[fourth rate]] launched in 1652 as the ''Kentish Frigate'', renamed ''Kent'' in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
* {{HMS|Kent|1679}} was a 70-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
* {{HMS|Kent|1746}} was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
* {{HMS|Kent|1762}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
* {{HMS|Kent|1798}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a [[sheer hulk]] in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
* HMS ''Kent'' (1798) was a 16-gun [[gunboat|gunvessel]] purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
* HMS ''Kent'' was to have been a 91-gun [[second rate]]. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
* [[HMS Impregnable (1810)|HMS ''Kent'']] was originally the 98-gun second rate {{HMS|Impregnable|1810|2}}. She was renamed HMS ''Kent'' in 1888 and then HMS ''Caledonia'' in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
* {{HMS|Kent|1901}} was a {{sclass|Monmouth|cruiser|0}} [[armoured cruiser]] launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
* {{HMS|Kent|54}} was a {{sclass2|County|cruiser|0}} [[heavy cruiser]] launched in 1926 and sold in 1948.
* {{HMS|Kent|D12}} was a {{sclass2|County|destroyer|0}} [[guided missile destroyer]] launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
* {{HMS|Kent|F78}} is a [[Type 23 frigate]] launched in 1998 and currently in service.

== Battle honours ==
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*[[Battle of Portland|1653 Portland]]<sup>1</sup>
*[[Battle of the Gabbard|1654 Gabbard]]<sup>1</sup> 
*[[Action of 14 April 1655|1655 Porto Farina]]
*[[Battle of Lowestoft|1665 Lowestoft]]
*[[St. James's Day Battle|1666 Orfordness]]
*[[Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue|1692 Barfleur]]
*[[Battle of Vigo Bay|1702 Vigo]]
*[[Battle of Vélez-Málaga|1703 Velez Malaga]]
*[[Battle of Cape Passaro|1718 Cape Passero]]
*[[First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|1747 Ushant]]
*[[Battle of the Nile|1801 Egypt]]
*[[Battle of the Falkland Islands|1914 Falkland Islands]] 
*[[Battle of the Atlantic|1940 Atlantic]]
*[[Mediterranean theatre of World War II|1940 Mediterranean]]
*[[Arctic convoys of World War II|1942 - 43 Arctic]]
*[[Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany|1944 Norway]]
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<small>1: As the ''Kentish Frigate''</small>

==See also==
* {{HMS|Kentish}}
* {{HMS|Kentville}}
* {{HMS|Duke of Kent}}
* [[Hired armed vessels|Hired armed]] [[cutter (ship)|cutter]] {{ship|Hired armed cutter|Kent||2}}
* {{ship||Kent|East Indiaman}}

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