title: HMS Launceston
text: # HMS Launceston
  
  Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Launceston:
  
  * HMS Launceston (1711) was a 40-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1711 and broken up at Deptford Dockyard in 1726.
  * HMS Launceston (1741) was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship in service from 1741 to 1784.
  