Seven commissioned ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Bermuda and given the prefix HMS (Her Majesty's Ship or His Majesty's Ship, depending on the sex of the monarch), after the British Overseas Territory and former Imperial fortress of Bermuda. Two other vessels operated by the Royal Navy that were not commissioned warships were also named Bermuda.

Other ships of the Royal Navy named Bermuda

  • Auxiliary Small Craft Bermuda, was a 211 GRT trawler built in 1905 and registered in Grimsby as GY.56. Hired for naval use as a minesweeper and armed with one 6-pounder gun. Admiralty pennant number 712. In service from 16 November 1914, to 14 December 1920.[6][7]
  • AFD Bermuda was an Admiralty Floating Dock, towed to the Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince and HMS Terrible.

See also

Sources

  1. Hepper (1994), p. 81.
  2. Hepper (1994), p. 123.
  3. Hepper (1994), p. 155.
  4. Hepper (1994), p. 157.
  5. Hepper (1994), p. 168.
  6. The Navy List for September, 1917. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1 September 1917. 402mm AUXILIARY SMALL CRAFT.
  7. "BRITISH WARSHIPS". NAVAL-HISTORY.NET. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

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