HMS Jamaica

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

The galley frigate Jamaica off Dover by Francis Holman, 1780

• Template:HMS, a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and wrecked in 1715
• Template:HMS, a 14-gun sloop launched 1744 and foundered 1770 off Jamaica
• Template:HMS, a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold in 1783
• HMS Jamaica, formerly the French 26-gun corvette Template:Ship, which Template:HMS captured in February 1796;<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> she was taken in as a 26-gun sixth rate and sold in 1814.
• Template:HMS, a 52-gun fourth rate ordered in 1825 and cancelled in 1829
• Template:HMS, a Template:Sclass2 launched in 1940 and scrapped in 1960

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

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