Hms Mersey
Five ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS ''Mersey
'' after the
River Mersey
in the north-west of
England
that has become synonymous with
Liverpool
.
The first
Mersey
was a
Conway
-class 26-gun
Sixth-rate
, launched in
1814
.
The second
Mersey
was commissioned just six years after the first
Mersey
in
1858
.
The third
Mersey
was the lead ship of
her class
of
protected cruiser
. She was launched at
Chatham
,
United Kingdom
in March
1885
.
The fourth
Mersey
was an
Humber
-class
monitor
built in 1914 by
Vickers
for
Brazil
, among the first of a new type of specialised shore-bombardment warships. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of
World War I
.
The fifth and current
Mersey
is a
River
-class
Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) designed primarily for fishery protection duties around UK waters. She was launched at
Southampton
and commissioned into the Fleet on
28 November
2003
.
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