HMS Greenwich
List of ships with the same or similar names
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Greenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London:
- HMS Greenwich (1666) was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1666. She was rebuilt in 1699 and again in 1730, before being wrecked in 1744.
- HMS Greenwich (1747) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and captured by the French in 1757.
- HMS Greenwich (1777) was a 26-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1777 and sold in 1783.
- HMS Greenwich (1778) was a 12-gun sloop captured from the Americans in 1778 and wrecked in 1779.
- HMS Greenwich was previously HMS Rodney, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1809. She was renamed Greenwich in 1827 and rearmed to 50 guns before being sold in 1836.
- HMS Greenwich (1915) was a Greek merchantman, converted on the stocks to a depot ship and launched in 1915. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Hembury.
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