HMS Donegal

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Donegal, after the failed French attempt to land in County Donegal in 1798:^[1]

• HMS Donegal (1798) was a 76-gun third rate, previously the French ship Hoche. She was captured in 1798 and commissioned into the Navy as HMS Donegal. She was broken up in 1845.^[2]
• HMS Donegal (1858) was a 101-gun first rate Conqueror-class ship of the line launched in 1858. She became part of the torpedo and mining school ship HMS Vernon in 1886 and was sold in 1925.^[3]
• HMS Donegal (1902) was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser launched in 1902. She served in the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1920.

References

1. Name histories
2. Lyon, p. 41
3. Lyon, p. 189

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Lyon, D. & Winfield, R. The Sail & Steam Navy List, London (2004): Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-032-9