HMS Asia
Five ships of the
Royal Navy
have borne the name
HMS
Asia
, after the
continent
of
Asia
:
HMS
Asia
(1694)
was a hulk purchased in 1694 and foundered in 1701.
HMS
Asia
(1764)
was a 64-gun
third rate
launched in 1764 and broken up in 1804.
HMS
Asia
(1811)
was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1811. She was renamed HMS
Alfred
in 1819, reduced to 50-guns in 1828 and broken up in 1865.
HMS
Asia
(1824)
was an 84-gun
second rate
launched in 1824. She was
Codrington
's flagship at the
Battle of Navarino
, made guardship from 1858 and sold in 1908.
HMS
Asia
(1919)
was an auxiliary cruiser of the
British Caspian Flotilla
from 1918 to 1919.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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