HMS Donegal

Updated on Dec 19, 2023

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Donegal, after the failed French attempt to land in County Donegal in 1798:

HMS Donegal was a 76-gun third rate, previously the French ship Hoche. She was captured in 1798 and commissioned into the Navy as HMS Donegal. She was broken up in 1845.

HMS Donegal was a 101-gun first rate Conqueror-class ship of the line launched in 1858. She became part of the torpedo and mining school ship HMS Vernon in 1886 and was sold in 1925.

HMS Donegal was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser launched in 1902. She served in the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1920.

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HMS Donegal Wikipedia

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