HMS Southampton

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Six Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Southampton. All were named after Southampton, a port on the south coast of England.

• Template:HMS was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. The ship was rebuilt in 1700, hulked at Jamaica in 1728 and finally broken up in 1771.
• Template:HMS was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1757, and wrecked in 1812.
• Template:HMS was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1820. In 1867 the ship was lent to the Hull Committee, finally being sold in 1912.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass2 cruiser, launched in 1912 and sold in 1926. She fought at the Battle of Jutland.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass2 cruiser, launched in 1936 and sunk off Malta on 11 January 1941.
• Template:HMS was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979 and decommissioned in 2009.

Honours

• Emeraude 1757
• Belle Isle 1761
• The Glorious First of June 1794
• St Vincent 1797
• Heligoland 1914
• Dogger Bank 1915
• Jutland 1916
• Norway 1940
• Spartivento 1940
• Malta Convoys 1941

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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• Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London: Mansell). Template:ISBN