HMS Crescent explained

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crescent:

• was a 14-gun ship purchased in 1643. She was captured in 1648 by the Royalists and wrecked in 1649.
• was a 6-gun fireship, formerly of the French navy. She was captured in 1692 by and sold in 1698.
• was a 32-gun fifth rate. She was formerly the French privateer Rostan, which HMS Torbay captured in 1758. Crescent was sold in 1777.
• was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1779, that the French captured off Cadiz in 1781.
• was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and wrecked off Jutland in 1808.
• was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1810, reassigned to harbour service in 1840 and sold in 1854.
• was a wood paddle tender purchased in 1854, and sold in 1855.
• was an first class cruiser launched in 1892. She was sold in 1921.
• HMS Crescent was previously the, renamed Crescent when she became a depot ship in 1920, before being sold in 1922.
• was a C-class destroyer launched in 1931, but transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937 and renamed . She was sunk in 1940 in a collision with .
• was a destroyer launched in 1944 and transferred on loan to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945. She was bought outright by the Canadians in 1951 and converted into a frigate in 1956. She was paid off in 1970 and broken up in 1971.