HMS Duchess
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duchess:
- HMS Duchess (1652) was a 24-gun ship, previously the French ship Duchesse captured in 1652 and sold in 1654.
- HMS Duchess (1679) was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1679. She was renamed HMS Princess Anne in 1701, HMS Windsor Castle in 1702 and HMS Blenheim in 1706. She was broken up in 1763.
- HMS Duchess (H64) was a D class destroyer launched in 1932 and sunk in a collision with HMS Barham in 1939.
- HMS Duchess (D154) was a Daring class destroyer launched in 1951. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1964 and was broken up in 1980.
There was also HMS Duchess of Cumberland, a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1781 and wrecked later that year.
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