# HMS Kent

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Eleven ships of the British [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) have been named '''HMS ''Kent''''', after the county of [Kent](/source/Kent) and the [Duke of Kent](/source/Duke_of_Kent).

* {{HMS|Kent|1660}} was a 46-gun [fourth rate](/source/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](/source/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](/source/sheer_hulk) in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
* HMS ''Kent'' (1798) was a 16-gun [gunvessel](/source/gunboat) purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
* HMS ''Kent'' was to have been a 91-gun [second rate](/source/second_rate). She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
* [HMS ''Kent''](/source/HMS_Impregnable_(1810)) 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](/source/armoured_cruiser) launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
* {{HMS|Kent|54}} was a {{sclass2|County|cruiser|0}} [heavy cruiser](/source/heavy_cruiser) launched in 1926 and sold in 1948.
* {{HMS|Kent|D12}} was a {{sclass2|County|destroyer|0}} [guided missile destroyer](/source/guided_missile_destroyer) launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
* {{HMS|Kent|F78}} is a [Type 23 frigate](/source/Type_23_frigate) launched in 1998 and currently in service.

== Battle honours ==
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*[1653 Portland](/source/Battle_of_Portland)<sup>1</sup>
*[1654 Gabbard](/source/Battle_of_the_Gabbard)<sup>1</sup> 
*[1655 Porto Farina](/source/Action_of_14_April_1655)
*[1665 Lowestoft](/source/Battle_of_Lowestoft)
*[1666 Orfordness](/source/St._James's_Day_Battle)
*[1692 Barfleur](/source/Battles_of_Barfleur_and_La_Hogue)
*[1702 Vigo](/source/Battle_of_Vigo_Bay)
*[1703 Velez Malaga](/source/Battle_of_V%C3%A9lez-M%C3%A1laga)
*[1718 Cape Passero](/source/Battle_of_Cape_Passaro)
*[1747 Ushant](/source/First_Battle_of_Cape_Finisterre_(1747))
*[1801 Egypt](/source/Battle_of_the_Nile)
*[1914 Falkland Islands](/source/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands) 
*[1940 Atlantic](/source/Battle_of_the_Atlantic)
*[1940 Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_theatre_of_World_War_II)
*[1942 - 43 Arctic](/source/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II)
*[1944 Norway](/source/Occupation_of_Norway_by_Nazi_Germany)
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<small>1: As the ''Kentish Frigate''</small>

==See also==
* {{HMS|Kentish}}
* {{HMS|Kentville}}
* {{HMS|Duke of Kent}}
* [Hired armed](/source/Hired_armed_vessels) [cutter](/source/cutter_(ship)) {{ship|Hired armed cutter|Kent||2}}
* {{ship||Kent|East Indiaman}}

{{Ship index}}
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Category:Royal Navy ship names

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