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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Colchester'', after the town of Colchester: * was a 24-gun ship launched in 1654 and sunk in action in 1666. * was an 8-gun ketch launched in 1664 and captured by the French in 1667. * was a 48-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1694. She foundered in 1704. * was a 54-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1707, rebuilt in 1721 and broken up in 1742. * was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1744 and wrecked later that year on the Kentish Knock. * was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate launched in 1746 and broken up in 1773. * was built for the Great Eastern Railway as a cargo ship and requisitioned in 1942 as a wreck dispersal vessel. HMS ''Colchester Castle'' was a planned Castle class corvette, cancelled in 1943. ==References== * British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail 1650 - 1859 (D Hepper) * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Colchester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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