HMS Whitby
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HMS Whitby
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whitby, after the Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby: HMS Whitby (1780) was a 12-gun storeship purchased in 1780 and sold in 1785.
HMS Whitby was the intended name of a destroyer ordered in 1916, but due to a clerical error she was launched as HMS Whitley (L23) in 1917 and retained the latter name
HMS Whitby (F36) was a Whitby-class frigate launched in 1954 and sold for scrapping in 1978.
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List of ships with the same or similar names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Whitby
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2021-11-09T16:41:59Z
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