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HMS Rippon

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rippon, an archaic version of Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire. A fourth has been named HMS Ripon:

  • HMS Rippon was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1712, rebuilt in 1735 as a 60-gun fourth rate and broken up in 1751.
  • HMS Rippon was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1758, reduced to harbour service in 1801 and broken up in 1808.
  • HMS Rippon was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812 and broken up in 1821.
  • HMS Ripon was an aircraft transport launched in 1945 and sold in 1959.

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