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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Queenborough'', after the town of Queenborough in Kent. One of these ships was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS ''Queenborough''. * , a yacht built at Chatham Dockyard in 1671. She was rebuilt at Sheerness Dockyard in 1718, and was sold on 11 July 1771. * , a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched at Sheerness Dockyard in 1694. She was rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1709, and sold on 20 August 1719. * , a fifth-rate of 44 guns, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 December 1709 as HMS ''Fowey''. She was renamed ''Queenborugh'' on 5 November 1744, and sold in 1746. * , a sixth-rate of 24 guns, launched by Sparrow of Rotherhithe on 21 January 1747. She was one of five vessels lost in a cyclone off Pondicherry on 1 January 1761 * , a cutter of 12 guns serving from 1800 to 1806. * , a Q class destroyer launched by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1942, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945. ==Battle honours== Eight battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMS ''Queenborough''. These battle honours are earned by an individual ship, and inherited by subsequent ships of the name. * Sadras 1758 * Negapatam 1958 * Porto Novo 1759 * Arctic 1942-43 * Sicily 1943 * Salerno 1943 * Mediterranean 1943 * Okinawa 1945 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 Queenborough」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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