HMS Antrim

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antrim, after County Antrim in Northern Ireland:

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• The first Antrim was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser launched in 1903. She served in World War I and was broken up in 1923.
• The second Antrim (D18) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She was sold to the Chilean Navy in 1984 and renamed Almirante Cochrane after Thomas Cochrane.
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Royal Navy: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the "senior service" of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. From approximately 1692 until World War II, the Royal Navy was the largest and most powerful navy in the world. The navy helped establish the United Kingdom as the domi...

County Antrim: County Antrim (Contae Aontroma in Irish) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. It is the 9th largest of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland in terms of area, and 2nd in terms of population behind Dublin. It is situated in the north-east corner of Ireland, in the province o...

Northern Ireland: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....




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