HMS Severn

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Severn after the River Severn:


 * The first HMS Severn (1695) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1695, rebuilt in 1739, captured by the French in 1746, and recaptured by the Royal Navy in 1747 but not taken back into service.
 * The second HMS Severn (1747) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1759.
 * The next HMS Severn was to have been a 38-gun fifth rate. She was renamed HMS Tagus (1813) before her launch.
 * The third HMS Severn (1786) was a 44-gun Adventure-class frigate fifth rate launched in 1786 and wrecked in 1804.
 * The fourth HMS Severn (1813) was a 40-gun Endymion-class frigate fourth rate launched in 1813 and sold in 1825.
 * The next HMS Severn was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1825 but cancelled in 1831.
 * The fifth HMS Severn (1856) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1856, one of the last sail frigates. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1860 and was broken up in 1876.
 * The sixth HMS Severn (1885) was a Mersey-class cruiser protected cruiser launched in 1885 and sold in 1905.
 * The seventh HMS Severn (1914) was a Humber-class monitor monitor, launched for Brazil in 1913 but purchased in 1914 and sold in 1921, being scrapped in 1923.
 * The eighth HMS Severn (N57) was a Thames-class submarine launched in 1934 and scrapped in 1946.
 * The ninth and latest HMS Severn (P282) is a River-class patrol vessel launched in 2002.

Battle honours

 * Algiers 1816
 * Belgian Coast 1914
 * Konigsberg 1915
 * Sicily 1943
 * Aegean 1943
 * Norway 1940
 * Atlantic 1940–1941