{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named '''HMS ''Kent''''', after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
* {{HMS|Kent|1660}} was a 46-gun fourth rate launched in 1652 as the ''Kentish'', renamed ''Kent'' in 1660, and wrecked in 1672. * {{HMS|Kent|1679}} was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744. * {{HMS|Kent|1746}} was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760. * {{HMS|Kent|1762}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784. * {{HMS|Kent|1798}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881. * HMS ''Kent'' (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801. * HMS ''Kent'' was to have been a 91-gun second rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863. * HMS ''Kent'' was originally the 98-gun second rate {{HMS|Impregnable|1810|2}}. She was renamed HMS ''Kent'' in 1888 and then HMS ''Caledonia'' in 1891, before being broken up in 1906. * {{HMS|Kent|1901}} was a {{sclass|Monmouth|cruiser|0}} armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920. * {{HMS|Kent|54}} was a {{sclass2|County|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sold in 1948. * {{HMS|Kent|D12}} was a {{sclass2|County|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up. * {{HMS|Kent|F78}} is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1998 and currently in service.
== Battle honours == {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *1653 Portland<sup>1</sup> *1654 Gabbard<sup>1</sup> *1655 Porto Farina *1665 Lowestoft *1666 Orfordness *1692 Barfleur *1702 Vigo *1703 Velez Malaga *1718 Cape Passero *1747 Ushant *1801 Egypt *1914 Falkland Islands *1940 Atlantic *1940 Mediterranean *1942 - 43 Arctic *1944 Norway {{div col end}} <small>1: As the ''Kentish Frigate''</small>
==See also== * {{HMS|Kentish}} * {{HMS|Kentville}} * {{HMS|Duke of Kent}} * Hired armed cutter {{ship|Hired armed cutter|Kent||2}} * {{ship||Kent|East Indiaman}}
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