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HMS Avenger HMS Avenger was one of four motorships laid down under Maritime Commission contract by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania, and launched on 27 November 1940. She was sunk by a German... 60353
HMS Aurora HMS Aurora was an Arethusa Class Light Cruiser built at Devonport Dockyard in 1913 for the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War and was sold to the Canadian Navy in 1920. 120646
HMS Attentive III HMS Attentive III was an Adventure Class Scout Cruiser built by Armstrong Whitworth Elswick, Tyne and Wear in 1906 for the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War. 120611
HMS Attentive II HMS Attentive II was a Shore Based Establishment in Dover for the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Base was decommissioned on October 31, 1919. 121060
HMS Asturias (148146) The Asturias was a Passenger ship requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1939 and converted to an armed merchant cruiser. In 1943 she was torpedoed and badly damaged and was towed 700 miles to Freetown. 52280
HMS Astraea HMS Astraea was a Second Class Cruiser of the Royal Navy built by the Devonport Dockyard in 1895. She served in the First World War. 120278
HMS Assegai HMS Assegai was a Shore Based Establishment at Durban, South Africa. 120257
HMS Arrogant The HMS Arrogant was built at Devonport Dock and launched 26th May 1896. She was built as part of the 1895 Naval Program and designed to be used for 'ramming tactics' during encounters. She joined the Channel squadron... 64879
HMS Ark Royal HMS Ark Royal was built by Blyth Shipbuilding Company,  Blyth, Northumberland in 1913. She was the first carrier ship designed and built as a seaplane carrier. She was renamed SS Pegasus in 1934 freeing the name for the... 119938
HMS Anson HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyard and launched on 24 February 1940, being completed on 22... 107405
HMS Andromeda/HMS Defiance HMS Andromeda was a Diadem Class Protected Cruiser built by Pembroke Dockyard in 1896 for the Royal Navy. She was converted into a training ship and renamed HMS Defiance in 1913 and remained in that role until she was... 120503
HMS Amsterdam The SS Amsterdam was built by Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull in 1894 for the Eastern Steam Raillway, She ran the Harwich to the Hook of Holland route and was requisitioned by the Admiralty on October 31, 1914 as an Armed... 121012
HMS Amroth Castle SA8 ADM2665 The Amroth Castle was a Swansea registered Drifter requisitioned by the Admiralty in the First World War as a Minesweeper. HMS Amroth Castle also served in the Second World War.  121083
HMS Amphitrite HMS Amphitrite was a Diadem Class Cruiser built by Vickers in 1896 for the Royal Navy. In 1913 she was used to train stokers in  Devonport and was converted to a Mine Layer in 1917. On September 8, 1918, in fog, she... 120813
HMS Ambrose HMS Ambrose was a Royal Navy Shore Based Establishment at Dundee. 120595
HMS Ambitious (ADM215) (LT519) HMS Ambitious was a Lowestoft registered Drifter built in 1910 and served in the First World War. 120684
HMS Alouette HMS Alouette was an Armed Boarding Steamer used at a Troopship in the First World War she was returned to her owners on November 27, 1919. 121077
HMS Alert HMS Alert was an Alert Class Sloop built in Sheerness Royal Dockyard for the Royal Navy. In 1918 she was lent to the civil authority in Basra and was sold to them in 1926 for use as a pilot vessel. She was broken up in... 120832
HMS Alder HMS Alder, a 500-ton vessel, was built in 1929 and taken over by the Admiralty in 1939. She was grounded and sank near Grangemouth (Scotland) on 22 October 1941. 20295
HMS Albrighton HMS Albrighton was built by John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd, Clydebank, Scotland and launched on 11 October, 1941. Sold to West German Navy on 14 May 1959 where she served as the frigate Raule F... 60341
HMS Albemarle HMS Albemarle was a Duncan Class Battleship built at Chatham Dockyard in 1901 for the Royal Navy. 120617
HMS Africa HMS Africa was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by Chatham Dockyard in 1907 for the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War. 120687
HMS Admirable (ADM2284) The Drifter  Admirable (BCK203)  was built in 1914 and was hired by the Admiralty in the First World War and used as a net vessel. The HMS Admirable was sunk by Austrian Cruisers on May15, 1917 off the Fano Isles in the... 120637
HMS Adequate The Adequate was a Drifter hired by the Admiralty in the First World War. On December 2, 1916 the HMS Adequate  sunk in a collision off Kirabister Lighthouse, Shetland. 120938
HMS Adamant (A164) HMS Adamant was a Submarine Depot Ship built in by Harland & Wolff in 1939 for the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War 120374
HMS Actaeon / HMS Vernon HMS Actaeon was a hulk that, together with HMS Vernon, served as a shore establishment at Sheerness, Kent. From 1904 HMS Actaeon was a torpedo school.  There have also been several other vessels of this name over the... 35765
HMS Acorn HMS Acorn was an Acorn Class Destroyer built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank in 1910 for the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War in the Mediterranean Fleet and was sold for scrap in 1921. 121061
HMS Achilles/HMS Egmont The HMS Achilles was built in 1904 by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick for the Royal Navy. She was renamed HMS Egmont and served in the First World War. 120054
HMS Acheron HMS Acheron was an A-class Destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War in home waters and on the Norwegian Coast before becoming an early war loss when she sank after hitting a mine off the Isle... 119778
HMS Achates The HMS Achates was an A-class Destroyer, launched on the 4th October 1929. She sank on the 31st December 1942 in the Battle of Barents Sea. More information can be found on her Wikipedia page. 112155

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