HMS Boyne
Six
ships
of the British
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Boyne
after the
Battle of the Boyne
, 1690.
HMS
Boyne
(1692)
was an 80-gun
second rate
. This
ship of the line
was launched in 1692, rebuilt in 1739 and broken up in 1763. When under the command of Captain Dursley she helped take
Gibraltar
in 1704.
HMS
Boyne
(1766)
was a 70-gun
third rate
launched in 1766 and broken up in 1783.
HMS
Boyne
(1790)
was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1790. She was the flagship of Vice Admiral
John Jervis
in 1794. She caught fire and burnt at
Spithead
on 1 May 1795.
HMS
Boyne
(1810)
was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1810 and commanded first by
Thomas Hastings
and later
Henry Chads
. She was renamed
HMS
Excellent
in 1834 and
Queen Charlotte
in 1859. Her career ended in 1861.
HMS
Boyne
(1904)
was a
River-class
destroyer
launched in 1904 and broken up in 1919
HMS
Boyne
(1918)
was a
Mersey-class trawler
launched in 1918 and sold in 1946.