Frigate of the Royal Navy
Southampton
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History |
United Kingdom |
Name | HMS Southampton |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard, Kent, England |
Laid down | March 1817 |
Launched | 7 November 1820 |
Acquired | 11 May 1821 |
Decommissioned | 26 June 1912 |
Fate | Sent to Blyth in June 1912 to be broken up by the Hughes Bolckow company |
HMS Southampton was the third ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name Southampton. She was a fourth-rate, 52-gun ship. She was one of the six Southampton-class frigates.