HMS Folkestone

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Folkestone or the archaic HMS Folkeston, after the town of Folkestone in Kent:

• HMS Folkeston was a Cog, part of the Cinque Ports Fleet in 1299.
• HMS Folkeston was a 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1727.
• HMS Folkeston was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741 and sold in 1749.
• HMS Folkestone (or Folkestone),was an 8-gun cutter launched in 1764. On 24 June 1778 the French frigate Surveillante captured her off Ushant.^[1] The French navy purchased Folkstone for Lt12,405 and took her into service under her existing name. She was struck off the lists in 1782 or early 1783.^[2]
• HMS Folkestone was a WW1 minesweeper. A mercantile conversion, M.33 (1914). Built 1903, 496grt. Armament: 2-12 pdr. In service 9.10.14-31.1.20.
• HMS Folkestone was a Folkestone class sloop launched in 1930, sold in 1947 and broken up later that year.

Citations

1. Hepper (1994), pp.51-2.
2. Demerliac (1996), p.86, #568.

References

• Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.