HMS Mersey
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey in the north-west of England that has become synonymous with Liverpool.
- The first Mersey was a Conway-class 26-gun Sixth-rate, launched in 1814.
- The second Mersey was a wooden screw frigate commissioned just six years after the first Mersey in 1858.
- The third Mersey was the lead ship of her class of protected cruiser. She was launched at Chatham, United Kingdom in March 1885.
- The fourth Mersey was an Humber-class monitor built in 1914 by Vickers for Brazil, among the first of a new type of specialised shore-bombardment warships. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I.
- The fifth and current Mersey is a River-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) designed primarily for fishery protection duties around UK waters. She was launched at Southampton and commissioned into the Fleet on 28 November 2003.
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