HMS Lewes
Two ships of the British
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Lewes
after the
English town
.
HMS
Lewes
(1918)
was one of 24
Racecourse-class
paddle wheel
minesweeper
, built in March 1918 by Fleming & Ferguson Shipbuilders at Paisley near Glasgow.
HMS
Lewes
(G68)
was initially USS
Craven
(DD-70), a
Caldwell
-class
destroyer
, in the
United States Navy
and was
launched
29 June 1918 by
Norfolk Navy Yard
. She was commissioned as HMS
Lewes
on 23 October 1940. The vessel was scuttled off Australia in 1946.