HMS Charlestown

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Charlestown

• HMS Charlestown, was Template:USS, which the British captured on 12 May 1780. Charlestown struck to the French frigates Astrée and Template:Ship off Île Royale at the action of 21 July 1781, but they were unable to take possession of her.<ref>Demerliac (1996), p.147, #1240.</ref> In November 1781, the ship fell in with the privateer Thorn.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> She remained in the Royal Navy until sold in 1783.

• Template:HMS, a Town-class destroyer received from the US Navy in 1940 and decommissioned in 1945.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). Template:ISBN