HMS Nonsuch

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Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Nonsuch:

  • HMS Nonsuch, a 38-gun great ship, rebuilt from a previous ship and sold c. 1645.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a 34-gun ship launched in 1646 and wrecked 1664.
  • HMS Nonsuch, an 8-gun ketch purchased in 1654 and sold in 1667, later as the civilian vessel Nonsuch making the trading voyage establishing the Hudson's Bay Company.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1668. Upgraded to a 42-gun fourth-rate in 1669, but reverted to 36-gun Fifth Rate in 1691. She was captured in 1695 by the French privateer Le Francais.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a 5-gun hoy launched in 1686 and sold 1714.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a 48-gun fourth rate ship of the line, launched in 1696, rebuilt 1717, and broken up in 1745.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line in service from 1741 to 1766.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a 64-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1774, used as a floating battery from 1794, and broken up in 1802.
  • HMS Nonsuch, an 'M' class destroyer launched in 1915 and sold in 1921.
  • HMS Nonsuch, a sloop laid down in February 1945 and cancelled in October of that year.
  • HMS Nonsuch (D107), the former German Narvik class destroyer Z.38 taken after the war's end, and scrapped in 1949.

HMS Nonsuch is also a sample ship name as used by the Royal Navy. [1]

A fictional HMS Nonsuch (a 74 gun ship of the line) also appears in the tales of Horatio Hornblower.

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