HMS Greenwich

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Template:Use dmy dates Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Greenwich after the town of Greenwich, now part of London:

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  • Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was a 26-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1777 and sold in 1783.
  • Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was a 12-gun sloop captured from the Americans in 1778 and wrecked in 1779.
  • HMS Greenwich was previously Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., a 74-gun third rate launched in 1809. She was renamed Greenwich in 1827 and rearmed to 50 guns before being sold in 1836.
  • Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". was a Greek merchant ship, converted on the stocks to a depot ship and launched in 1915. In 1939 she was converted into a wireless telegraphy ship at Henry Robb shipyard in Leith.[1] She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Hembury.

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  1. Leith-Built Ships in Wartime Service ECL YHE 56567

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