HMS Jamaica

Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jamaica, after the island colony of Jamaica:

• , a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and wrecked in 1715
• HMS Jamaica (1744), a 14-gun sloop launched 1744 and foundered 1770 off Jamaica
• , a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold in 1783
• HMS Jamaica, formerly the French 26-gun corvette Perçante, which HMS Intrepid captured in February 1796;^[1] she was taken in as a 26-gun sixth rate and sold in 1814.
• , a 52-gun fourth rate ordered in 1825 and cancelled in 1829
• HMS Jamaica (C44), a Crown Colony-class cruiser launched in 1940 and scrapped in 1960

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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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