// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was HMS Shoreham's captain so good at his job? He always stayed afloat.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shoreham after the port town of Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex:
- HMS Shoreham (1694) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1694. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1720, and was sold in 1744.
- HMS Shoreham (1744) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1758.
- HMS Shoreham was to have been a Hunt-class minesweeper, but she was renamed whilst under construction and launched as HMS Salford in 1919.
- HMS Shoreham (L32) was a Shoreham-class sloop launched in 1930. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Jorge Fel Joven. She was broken up in 1950.
- HMS Shoreham (M112) is a Sandown-class minehunter, she was launched in 2001 and decommissioned from Royal Navy in 2022 and transferred to Ukrainian Navy. She was renamed Cherkasy (Ukrainian: Черкаси) and is currently in service.
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[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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