title: HMS Kent
text: # HMS Kent
  
  Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent.
  
  * HMS Kent (1652) was a 46-gun fourth rate launched in 1652 as the Kentish Frigate, renamed Kent in 1660, and wrecked in 1672.
  * HMS Kent (1679) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and 1724, and broken up in 1744.
  * HMS Kent (1746) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1746 and hulked in 1760.
  * HMS Kent (1762) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1762 and sold in 1784.
  * HMS Kent (1798) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798, converted to a sheer hulk in 1856, and broken up in 1881.
  * HMS Kent (1798) was a 16-gun gunvessel purchased in 1798 and sold in 1801.
  * HMS Kent was to have been a 91-gun second rate. She was laid down in 1860 but was cancelled in 1863.
  * HMS Kent was originally the 98-gun second rate Impregnable. She was renamed HMS Kent in 1888 and then HMS Caledonia in 1891, before being broken up in 1906.
  * HMS Kent (1901) was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.
  * HMS Kent (54) was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1926 and sold in 1948.
  * HMS Kent (D12) was a County-class guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and sold in 1997 for breaking up.
  * HMS Kent (F78) is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1998 and currently in service.
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  * 1653 $Portland^1$
  * 1654 $Gabbard^1$
  * 1655 Porto Farina
  * 1665 Lowestoft
  * 1666 Orfordness
  * 1692 Barfleur
  * 1702 Vigo
  * 1703 Velez Malaga
  * 1718 Cape Passero
  * 1747 Ushant
  * 1801 Egypt
  * 1914 Falkland Islands
  * 1940 Atlantic
  * 1940 Mediterranean
  * 1942 - 43 Arctic
  * 1944 Norway
  
  1: As the Kentish Frigate
  
  