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.

See also

HMS Launceston Castle
HMAS Launceston

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.

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