HMS Launceston

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Launceston:

• was a 40-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1711 and broken up at Deptford Dockyard in 1726.
• was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1741 to 1784.

See also[]

• HMS Launceston Castle
• HMAS Launceston

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.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.

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