HMS Sandown explained

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sandown. Sandown is a seaside resort on the Isle of Wight, England.

• , one of 24 paddle wheel minesweepers, and was launched in 1916 and broken up in 1923.
• , a paddle wheel ferry built in 1934 for Southern Railway's Portsmouth - Ryde service but requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 and converted to a minesweeper, and later in 1942 to an anti-aircraft ship. She was converted back to a ferry in 1945 and was scrapped in 1956.
• was a launched in 1988 and transferred to the Estonian Navy in 2007 as .

Battle honours

Ships named Sandown have earned the following battle honours:

• Dunkirk 1940
• Normandy 1944
• Al Faw 2003

External links

• Navynews - Ships of the Royal Navy
• MOD page on HMS Sandown
• The Ships List