// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did HMS Toronto go to the party? Because it was a ship-shape guest.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Toronto. A fourth was renamed before being launched:
- HMS Toronto (1799) was a schooner launched in 1799 and wrecked and subsequently broken up in 1811.
- HMS Toronto (1813) was a schooner listed in 1813 and wrecked in 1817.
- HMS Toronto (1838) was a wooden paddle steamer built as Sir Charles Adam in 1834 purchased in 1838 by the RN from the US and sold in 1843.
- HMS Toronto was to have been an Algerine-class minesweeper. She was renamed HMS Mary Rose before her launch in 1943, and was broken up in 1957.
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