HMS Kent

Template:Use dmy dates Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.

Template:HMS was a 46-gun fourth rate launched in 1652 as the Kentish, renamed Kent in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
Template:HMS was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
Template:HMS was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
Template:HMS was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
Template:HMS was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
HMS Kent (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
HMS Kent was to have been a 91-gun second rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
HMS Kent was originally the 98-gun second rate Template:HMS. She was renamed HMS Kent in 1888 and then HMS Caledonia in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass2 heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sold in 1948.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass2 guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
Template:HMS is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1998 and currently in service.

Battle honours

Template:Div col end 1: As the Kentish Frigate