HMS Hampshire

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hampshire after the English county:

• 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.
• was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1698 and broken up in 1739.
• was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1741 and broken up in 1766.
• was a armoured cruiser launched in 1903 and sunk by a mine in 1916.
• was a guided missile destroyer launched in 1963 and scrapped in 1979.

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