At least four ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Port Royal, after the British naval base
Port Royal in
Jamaica:
HMS Port Royal (1757) was an 18-gun
sloop that was purchased locally, i.e., in Jamaica, in 1757. She was paid off and sold in 1763.
HMS Port Royal (1778) was an 18-gun sloop, formerly the French armed merchant vessel
Comte de Maurepas, which the British captured in 1778. They purchased her, armed her with eighteen 6-pounder guns, and gave her the name Port Royal; she was under the command of Commander Timothy Kelly when the Spanish captured her at Pensacola in 1781.
HMS Port Royal (1782) was the 14-gun French privateer ship-sloop Comte d'Estaing, which
HMS Fortune captured on 29 March 1782. She was commissioned under Lieutenant George Hart but
paid off on 31 March 1783 and sold thereafter.[Note 1]
HMS Port Royal (1796) was a 10-gun
schooner purchased in 1796. The French captured her on 30 March 1797 and renamed her Perle.
Pelican recaptured her on 18 October.[2] The Royal Navy renamed her HMS Recovery. She was sold in 1801.
Notes
^A Comte d'Estaing was apparently launched in 1780 but grounded at Glénans that same year. She was either refloated or there may have been a successor vessel of the same name.[1]
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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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.
At least four ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Port Royal, after the British naval base
Port Royal in
Jamaica:
HMS Port Royal (1757) was an 18-gun
sloop that was purchased locally, i.e., in Jamaica, in 1757. She was paid off and sold in 1763.
HMS Port Royal (1778) was an 18-gun sloop, formerly the French armed merchant vessel
Comte de Maurepas, which the British captured in 1778. They purchased her, armed her with eighteen 6-pounder guns, and gave her the name Port Royal; she was under the command of Commander Timothy Kelly when the Spanish captured her at Pensacola in 1781.
HMS Port Royal (1782) was the 14-gun French privateer ship-sloop Comte d'Estaing, which
HMS Fortune captured on 29 March 1782. She was commissioned under Lieutenant George Hart but
paid off on 31 March 1783 and sold thereafter.[Note 1]
HMS Port Royal (1796) was a 10-gun
schooner purchased in 1796. The French captured her on 30 March 1797 and renamed her Perle.
Pelican recaptured her on 18 October.[2] The Royal Navy renamed her HMS Recovery. She was sold in 1801.
Notes
^A Comte d'Estaing was apparently launched in 1780 but grounded at Glénans that same year. She was either refloated or there may have been a successor vessel of the same name.[1]
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
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.