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Two ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Mansfield''''': |
Two ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Mansfield''''' after Captain [[Charles John Moore Mansfield|Charles Mansfield]] who commanded HMS ''Minotaur'' at the Battle of Trafalgar: |
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*{{HMS|Mansfield|1914}}, a [[Hawthorn M-class destroyer]] launched in 1914, sold for breaking up in 1921. |
*{{HMS|Mansfield|1914}}, a [[Hawthorn M-class destroyer]] launched in 1914, sold for breaking up in 1921. |
Revision as of 07:45, 20 March 2014
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Mansfield after Captain Charles Mansfield who commanded HMS Minotaur at the Battle of Trafalgar:
- HMS Mansfield (1914), a Hawthorn M-class destroyer launched in 1914, sold for breaking up in 1921.
- HMS Mansfield (G76), previously USS Evans (DD-78) launched in 1918, transferred from the US Navy in 1940 as a Town-class destroyer, decommissioned in 1944.