HMS Calcutta

Template:Use dmy dates Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calcutta, after the Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata).

• The first Template:HMS was a 54-gun fourth rate, originally the East Indiaman Warley and purchased in 1795, captured by the French in 1805 and destroyed by British ships in 1809.
• The second Template:HMS was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1831, converted to a gunnery training ship in 1865 and sold in 1908.
• The third Template:HMS was the former battleship Hercules, renamed in 1909.
• The fourth Calcutta was the gunboat Template:HMS, renamed Calcutta in 1916.
• The fifth Template:HMS was a light cruiser launched in 1918 and sunk in action in 1941.