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HMS Anglesea

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anglesea. A fourth Royal Navy vessel carried the related name HMS Anglesey:HMS Anglesea (1694), a 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1694 and the first naval vessel built at Plymouth Dockyard. She was sunk as a breakwater off Sheerness in 1742. HMS Anglesea (1742), a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1742, captured by France in 1745 and in French naval service as L'Anglesea until 1753. HMS Anglesea (1746), a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1746 and sunk as a breakwater in 1764. HMS Anglesey (P277), an offshore patrol vessel launched in 1978 and sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 2003.

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Anglesea. A fourth Royal Navy vessel carried the related name HMS Anglesey:

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