HMS Barfleur
Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named
HMS Barfleur after the
Battle of Barfleur:
* The first
Barfleur was a 90-gun
second-rate ship of the line built at Deptford in 1697, and broken up in 1783.
* The second
Barfleur was built at Chatham in 1768 as a 90-gun
second-rate ship of the line, but later had another eight guns added to her quarterdeck, making her a 98-gun ship. She distinguished herself as the flagship of
Sir Samuel Hood on the Leeward Islands station during the
American War of Independence, taking part in the battles of
the Chesapeake, St. Kitts and
the Saintes. She saw further action in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and was broken up in 1819.
* The third
Barfleur was a
first-rate of 100 guns, originally
Britannia, renamed in
1819 and broken up in
1825.
* The fourth
Barfleur, launched in
1892, was a
Centurion-class battleship, broken up in
1910.
* The fifth
Barfleur (D80), launched
1943, was a
Battle-class destroyer that served in
World War II and was broken up in
1966.
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