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Eight ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Worcester'', after the English city of Worcester: * ''Worcester'' was a 48-gun ship launched in 1651. She was renamed HMS ''Dunkirk'' in 1660. * HMS ''Worcester'' was a 50-gun ship launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1714 and broken up in 1744. * HMS ''Worcester'' was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1735 and broken up by 1765. * HMS ''Worcester'' was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1769. She was hulked in 1788 and broken up in 1816. * HMS ''Worcester'' was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1843 after spending 23 years on the stocks. She was lent as a training ship in 1862 and broken up in 1885. * HMS ''Worcester'' was a W-class destroyer launched in 1919. She was damaged by a mine in 1943 and not repaired. Instead she became an accommodation ship in 1944 and was renamed HMS ''Yeoman'' in 1945. She was sold in 1946 and broken up in 1947. * HMS ''Worcester'' was the name given to the Thames Nautical Training College. It was established in 1862 aboard the fourth rate HMS ''Worcester''. The name HMS ''Worcester'' ceased to be associated with the establishment after 1968. Ships that have been named or renamed HMS ''Worcester'' whilst serving with the establishment include: * * HMS ''Worcester'' served as the home from 1862 to 1876. * * , formerly HMS ''Frederick William'', served between 1876 and 1948. * * , formerly HMS ''Exmouth'' served between 1945 and 1968. ==See also== * HMS ''Worcester Prize'' (a 14-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1705 by HMS ''Worcester''. She was briefly in French hands in 1708, but was recaptured, only to be recaptured for the final time by the French later that year.) 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 Worcester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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