HMS Orford

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orford, after the Suffolk town of Orford:

  • HMS Orford was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1695. She was renamed HMS Newport in 1698 and was sold in 1718.
  • HMS Orford was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1698. She was rebuilt in 1713 and wrecked in 1745.
  • HMS Orford was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1749. She was on harbour service from 1777 and was sunk as a breakwater in 1783.
  • HMS Orford was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was cancelled in 1809.
  • HMS Orford was an M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.

[edit] See also

  • HMS Orford Prize
  • HMS Orford Ness
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