Battle Honours
- 1653 Portland (as the Kentish Frigate)
- 1654 Gabbard (as the Kentish Frigate)
- 1655 Porto Farina
- 1665 Lowestoft
- 1666 Orfordness
- 1692 Barfleur
- 1702 Vigo
- 1703 Velez Malaga
- 1718 Cape Passero
- 1747 Ushant
- 1801 Egypt
- 1914 Falkland Islands
- 1940 Atlantic
- 1940 Mediterranean
- 1942 - 43 Arctic
- 1944 Norway
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