Two ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Shah:
HMS Shah (1873) was an iron hulled, wooden sheathed
frigate launched in 1873. She was originally to be named HMS Blonde but was renamed following the visit of the
Shah of Persia. On 28 May 1877 she fired the first torpedo to be used in action, although without effect. Converted to a
coal hulk in 1904 and renamed C.470. The hulk was sold 1919 and wrecked in 1926 at Bermuda.
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Two ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Shah:
HMS Shah (1873) was an iron hulled, wooden sheathed
frigate launched in 1873. She was originally to be named HMS Blonde but was renamed following the visit of the
Shah of Persia. On 28 May 1877 she fired the first torpedo to be used in action, although without effect. Converted to a
coal hulk in 1904 and renamed C.470. The hulk was sold 1919 and wrecked in 1926 at Bermuda.
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.