Several ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Charlestown
HMS Charlestown, was
USS Boston (1777), which the British captured on 12 May 1780. Charlestownstruck to the French frigates Astrée and
Hermione off
Île Royale at the
action of 21 July 1781, but they were unable to take possession of her.[1] In November 1781, the ship fell in with the privateer Thorn.[2] She remained in the Royal Navy until sold in 1783.
HMS Charlestown (I21), a Town-class destroyer received from the US Navy in 1940 and decommissioned in 1945.
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
ISBN2-906381-23-3
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Several ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Charlestown
HMS Charlestown, was
USS Boston (1777), which the British captured on 12 May 1780. Charlestownstruck to the French frigates Astrée and
Hermione off
Île Royale at the
action of 21 July 1781, but they were unable to take possession of her.[1] In November 1781, the ship fell in with the privateer Thorn.[2] She remained in the Royal Navy until sold in 1783.
HMS Charlestown (I21), a Town-class destroyer received from the US Navy in 1940 and decommissioned in 1945.
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
ISBN2-906381-23-3
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.