HMS Woolwich explained

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Woolwich, after the port town and naval base of Woolwich. An eleventh was planned but entered service under a different name.

• was a 4-gun sloop launched in 1673 and wrecked in 1675.
• was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1675, rebuilt in 1702 and 1741, and broken up in 1747.
• was a 2-gun hoy launched in 1725 and sold in 1767^[1]
• was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1749 and sold in 1762.
• was a storeship launched in 1755 and listed until 1760. She may have been a rebuild of an earlier ship named Woolwich Transport.
• was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1785. She was used as a storeship by 1794 and was wrecked in 1813.
• was a 6-gun tender purchased in 1788 and sold in 1808.
• HMS Woolwich was to have been a storeship. She was launched instead as in 1811.
• was a store lighter launched in 1815. She was renamed HMS Port Royal in 1818. Her fate is unknown.
• was a depot ship launched in 1912 and sold in 1926.
• was a destroyer tender and depot ship launched in 1934 and sold for scrapping in 1962.

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Other Vessels hoy 'Woolwich' (1726) . Threedecks . 9 November 2020 .