HMS Wellington
At least three ships of the
Royal Navy
have borne the name
HMS
Wellington
:
The French brig
Oreste
was renamed HMS
Wellington
after her capture in 1810 but never commissioned and was broken up in 1812.
HMS
Wellington
(1816)
was a 74-gun ship launched in 1816 and renamed HMS
Akbar
in 1862.
HMS
Wellington
(U65)
was a
Grimsby
-class
sloop
, launched in 1934. After World War II she was converted to the "Head Quarters Ship" HQS
Wellington
at
Chatham Dockyard
and moored at
Victoria Embankment
, London. Until 2023 she was the floating livery hall of the
Honourable Company of Master Mariners
.