HMS Stirling Castle

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Stirling Castle (sometimes spelled 'Sterling') after Stirling Castle in Scotland, including:

HMS Stirling Castle (1679), a 70-gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1679, and lost off Ramsgate in Kent in 1703.
HMS Stirling Castle (1705), a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1705, hulked in 1739 and broken up in 1771.
HMS Stirling Castle (1742), a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1742 and lost in 1762.
HMS Stirling Castle (1775), a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1775 and lost in 1780.
HMS Stirling Castle (1811), a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1811, and hulked in 1839.
HMS Stirling Castle (1900), an auxiliary patrol paddler launched in 1900, and sunk in the Mediterranean in 1916.

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