HMS Hampshire

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hampshire after the English county:

• Template:Ship was a 46-gun ship launched in 1653 and sunk in 1697 in action with the French ship Pelican in Hudson Bay during the War of the Grand Alliance.
• Template:HMS was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1698 and broken up in 1739.
• Template:HMS was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1741 and broken up in 1766.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass armoured cruiser launched in 1903 and sunk by a mine in 1916.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass2 guided missile destroyer launched in 1963 and scrapped in 1979.

References

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| last1 = Colledge
| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

}}