HMS Shoreham

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shoreham after the town of Shoreham-by-Sea:

  • HMS Shoreham was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1694. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1720, and was sold in 1744.
  • HMS Shoreham was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1758.
  • HMS Shoreham was to have been a Hunt class minesweeper, but she was renamed whilst under construction and launched as HMS Salford in 1919.
  • HMS Shoreham was a Shoreham -class sloop launched in 1930. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Jorge Fel Joven and was broken up in 1950.
  • HMS Shoreham is a Sandown-class minehunter, launched in 2001 and currently in service.