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Ships built by Thornycroft(ordered by name)... :
Name	Launched	Fate
HMS Abdiel	27th January 1967	Scrapped 6th September 1988 @ Santander
HMS Acheron	18th March 1930	Sunk 17th December 1940.
HMS Acheron	27th June 1911	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Actaeon	25th July 1945	To (West) Germany (Hipper) 9th December 1958.
EML Admiral Cowan *	April 2006	From UK (ex - Sandown) April 2006.
Aigaion *	4th May 1946	From UK ex Lauderdale. Scrapped 1960.
HMS Albatross	19th July 1898	Sold 7th June 1920.
HMS Albatross	19th July 1898	Sold 7th June 1920.
HMS Alcaston	5th January 1953	To Australia (Snipe) 30th June 1961.
Alexandrino Dealenca *	23rd February 1920	Purchased from UK (ex - Porpoise) 23rd February 1920. Discarded 1945.
HMS Alfriston	29th April 1953	Renamed Warsash May 1954.
HMS Alfriston *	1958	Renamed (ex - Warsash) 1958. Renamed Kilmorey 1961.
HMS Alfriston *	1975	Renamed (ex - Kilmorey) 1975. Scrapped 28th December 1988.
HMS Amazon	27th January 1926	Scrapped 6th October 1948.
HMS Amazon	29th July 1908	Sold 22nd October 1919.
HMS Angler	2nd February 1897	Sold 20th May 1920.
HMS Ardent	16th October 1894	Sold 10th October 1911.
HMS Ariel	1st January 1911	Mined while minelaying in North Sea 2 August 1918
HMS Ariel	5th March 1897	Wrecked at Malta 19th April 1907.
HMS Bangor	16th April 1999
HMS Blackwood	4th October 1955	Scrapped November 1976.
HMS Blaxton	21st June 1955	Sold to Ireland 1 January 1970 renamed Fola
HMS Blyth	4th July 2000
HMS Bossington	2nd December 1955	Sold for scrap November 1988.
HMS Boxer	28th November 1894	Sunk in collision with ambulance transport ship SS Patrick in English Channel 8th February 1918.
HMS Brecon	27th June 1942	Scrapped 17th September 1962.
HMS Bridport	20th July 1992	Paid off 31st March 2003. To Estonia (Ugandi) 2006.
HMS Brissenden	15th September 1942	Scrapped 3rd March 1965.
HMS Broke *	13th April 1921	Launched as HMS Rooke on 16th September 1920 and renamed (ex - Rooke) 13th April 1921. She was completed at HM Dockyard, Pembroke Dock as an economy measure.
HMS Bruizer	27th February 1895	Sold 26th May 1914.
HMCS Champlain *	1st March 1928	From UK (ex - Torbay) 1st March 1928. Sold 1937.
HMS Chaplet	18th July 1944	Scrapped 6th November 1965.
HMS Charity	30th November 1944	To Pakistan (Shah Jehan) 16th October 1958.
HMS Chelmer	8th December 1904	Sold for breaking June 1920
HMS Colne	21st February 1905	Sold 4th November 1919.
HMS Comus	14th March 1945	Scrapped 1958
HMS Concord *	June 1946	Laid down 16th November 1943 and launched 14th May 1945, renamed (ex - Corso) June 1946. Scrapped 22nd October 1962.
HMS Coniston	9th July 1952	Scrapped 1970.
HMS Coquette	25th November 1897	Sunk 7th March 1916.
HMS Corso	14th July 1945	Renamed Concord June 1946 before completion.
HMS Crofton	7th March 1958	Scrapped 1987
HMS Cromer	6th October 1990	Decommissioned 2001 and renamed Hindostan July 2002, as she is not a commissioned ship, she is not prefixed HMS.
HMS Crossbow	20th December 1945	Scrapped 14th December 1971.
HMS Culverin	March 1946	Scrapped March 1946.
HMS Cygnet	3rd September 1898	Sold 29th April 1920.
HMS Cynthia	3rd September 1898	Sold 29th April 1920.
HMS Daring	7th April 1932	Sunk 18th February 1940.
HMS Daring	23rd November 1893	Sold 10th April 1912
HMS Dark Hussar	16th May 1957	Sold February 1966
HMS Dark Killer	26th September 1956	Sold February 1966
HMS Decoy	2nd August 1894	Sunk in collision 13th August 1904.
HMS Decoy	7th June 1932	To Canada (Kootenay) 12th Arpil 1943.
HMS Derriton	22nd December 1953	Renamed Killicrankie 1955, renamed Derriton 1960. Scrapped 1971
HMS Desperate	15th February 1896	Sold 20th May 1920.
HMS Dragonfly	8th December 1938	Damaged by air attacks off east of Sumatra. Sank at anchor 14 February 1942
HMS Duchess	9th April 1951	To Australia (Duchess) 8th May 1964.
HMAS Duchess *	8th May 1964	Acquired 8th May 1964 (ex - British HMS Duchess). Scrapped 7 May 1980.
HMS Duncan	30th May 1957	Scrapped February 1985.
HMS E33	18th April 1916	Scrapped September 1922
HMS E34	27th January 1917	Sunk 20 July 1918
HMS F3	19th February 1916	Scrapped 1920
HMS Fame	15th April 1896	Sold 31st September 1921.
HMS Foam	8th October 1896	Sold for scrap May 1914
HMS Gay Caribineer	22nd January 1953	Sold 31 July 1963
HMS Gay Centurion	3rd September 1952	Sold 31 January 1962
HMS Glowworm	22nd July 1935	Sunk 8th April 1940.
HMIS Godavari	21st March 1943	To Pakistan (Sind) 1948.
HMS Grafton	18th September 1935	Sunk 29th May 1940.
HMS Grasshopper	19th January 1939	Sunk by Japanse aircraft off Rusuk Buaja Island 14 February 1942
HMS Grimsby	10th August 1998
HMS Gurkha	10th July 1960	Sold to Indonesia (Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes) April 1984. Laid up 1999.
HMS Hardy	10th October 1912	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Harrier	17th April 1934	Sold for scrap 6th June 1950.
HMS Hearty	4th September 1939	Ordered by Brazil and laid down as Juruena on 6th July 1938. Requisitioned and renamed Hearty 4th September 1939 and commissioned 22nd January 1940. Renamed HMS Hesperus after completion on 27 February 1940. Scrapped 1946.
HMS Hesperus	27th February 1940	Laid down as Juruena for Brazil 6th July 1938, renamed Hearty September 1939, renamed Hesperus 27th February 1940. Scrapped 26th November 1946
HMS Hickleton	26th January 1955	Sold to Argentina 1967, renamed Neuquen
HMS Highburton	2nd June 1954	Scrapped July 1978.
HMS Highlander	19th October 1939	Sold for scrap 27 May 1946
HMS Hindostan *	July 2002	Decommissioned as Cromer 2001, renamed and converted for use as a training ship, moored in the River Dart at Sandquay, at the BRNC.
Hipper *	9th December 1958	From UK (ex - Actaeon) 9th December 1958. Hulked 31st July 1964. Sold for scrap 25th October 1967.
HMS Hussar	27th August 1934	Sunk by friendly fire from RAF Typhoons off the Normandy coast on 27th August 1944.
HMS Inverness	27th February 1990	To Estonia (Sakala) 24th January 2008.
HMS Jed	16th February 1904	Sold for breaking July 1920.
PNS Jhelum *	1948	From India (Narbada) 1948. Scrapped July 1959.
HMS Juno	24th November 1965	Scrapped 1994.
HMS Kashmir	4th April 1939	Bombed and sunk 23 May 1941
HMS Kennet	4th December 1903	Sold for breaking December 1919
HMS Keppel	23rd April 1920	Sold for scrap 25th July 1945 at Barrow.
HMS Kilmorey *	1961	Renamed (ex - Alfriston) 1961. Renamed Alfriston 1975.
HMS Kimberley	1st June 1939	Sold for scrap 30th March 1949.
HMS Kittiwake	30th November 1936	Sold privately (Tuch Shing) 1946.
HMCS Kootenay *	12th April 1943	From UK (ex - Decoy) 12th April 1943. Sold 28th January 1946.
HMS Lance	25th February 1914	Sold 5th November 1921.
HMS Larne	23rd August 1910	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Latona	20th August 1940	Sunk 25th October 1941.
HMS Lauderdale	5th August 1941	To Greece (Aigaion) 4th May 1946.
HMS Ledbury	27th September 1941	Scrapped May 1958.
HMS Lookout	27th April 1914	Sold 24th August 1922.
HMS Lyra	4th October 1910	Sold for breaking May 1921
HMS Magpie	24th March 1943	Broken up July 1959
HMS Mallard	19th November 1896	Sold for scrap 1920
HMS Martin	15th December 1910	Sold 21st August 1920.
HMS Mastiff	5th September 1914	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Meteor	24th July 1914	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
HMS Michael	19th May 1915	Sold for breaking 22 September 1921
HMS Milbrook	12th July 1915	Sold for scrap 22nd September 1921.
HMS Minion	11th September 1915	Sold for breaking 8 November 1921
HMS Minstrel	2nd February 1911	Sold for breaking December 1921
HMS Mohawk	15th October 1937	Lost 16 April 1941
HMS Mosquito	16th July 1884	Sold 1912.
HMS Munster	24th November 1915	Sold 15th November 1921.
HMIS Narbada	21st November 1942	To Pakistan (Jhelum) 1948.
HMS Nepal	4th December 1941	Served with the Royal Australian Navy from commissioning, returned to Royal Navy in 1945. Scrapped 16th January 1956.
HMAS Nepean	1884	Constructed for the Victorian Naval Forces and later operated by the Commonwealth Naval Forces and the Royal Australian Navy. Scrapped 1913.
HMS Nepean	22nd January 1916	Sold 15th November 1921.
HMS Nereus	24th February 1916	Sold for scrap 15th November 1921.
HMS Norman	30th October 1940	Crewed by Royal Australian Navy personnel from commissioning, returned to the Royal Navy in October 1945. Scrapped 1st April 1958.
HMS Nubian	21st December 1937	Scrapped 11th June 1949.
HMS Nubian	20th April 1909	Bow destroyed by torpedo 27th October 1916. Stern paired with forward section of HMS Zulu to become HMS Zubian, 1917.
HMS Opportune	24th January 1942	Scrapped 25th November 1955.
HMS Orwell	2nd April 1942	Scrapped 28th June 1965.
HMS Oulston	20th July 1954	Sold to Ireland 1970, renamed Grainne
HMS Paragon	21st February 1913	Torpedoed and sunk in the Straits of Dover 18 March 1917
HMS Patrician	5th June 1916	To Canada (Patrician) September 1920.
HMCS Patrician *	September 1920	From UK (ex - Patrician) September 1920. Scrapped 1929.
HMCS Patriot *	September 1920	From UK (ex - Patriot) September 1920. Sold 1929.
HMS Patriot	20th April 1916	To Canada (Patriot) September 1920.
HMS Peacock	11th December 1943	Scrapped 7 May 1958
HMS Pelican	12th September 1938	Scrapped 29th November 1958
HMS Pembroke	15th December 1997
HMS Penzance	11th March 1997
Phra Ruang *	September 1920	Purchased from UK (ex - Radiant) September 1920. Decommissioned 1957, fate unknown.
HMS Porpoise	21st July 1913	Sold to Brazil (Alexandrino Dealenca) later (Maranhao) 23rd February 1920.
HMS Puttenham	25th June 1956	Sold 1980
HMS Quorn	23rd January 1988
HMS Radiant	5th November 1916	Sold to Siam (Phra Ruang) September 1920.
HMS Ramsey	25th November 1999
HMS Rapid	15th July 1916	Sold 20th April 1927
HMS Ready	26th August 1916	Sold 13th July 1926.
HMS Retriever	15th January 1917	Sold 26th July 1927.
HMS Rooke	16th September 1920	Renamed Broke 13th April 1921 after launch, completed 20 January 1925.
HMS Rosalind	14th October 1916	Sold for breaking 13 July 1926
HMS Roysterer	4th February 1919	Sold for scrap 1954
HMCS Saguenay	11th July 1930	Sold for scrap 17th July 1948.
EML Sakala *	24th January 2008	From UK (ex Inverness) 24th January 2008.
HMS Sandown	18th April 1988	To Estonia (Admiral Cowan) April 2006.
HMS Savage	10th March 1910	Sold for scrap 9th May 1921.
PNS Shah Jehan *	16th December 1958	From UK (ex - Charity) 16th December 1958. Sunk 4th December 1971.
HMS Shakespeare	7th July 1917	Scrapped 2nd September 1936.
HMS Sheldrake	28th January 1937	Sold privately (Tuck Loon) 12th August 1946.
PNS Sind *	1948	From India (ex - Godavari) 1948. Sold 1959.
HMCS Skeena *	10th October 1930	Wrecked 25th October 1944 during a storm off Reykjavík, Iceland.
HMAS Snipe	30th June 1961	Acquired 5th June 1961 from UK (ex - Alcaston). Scrapped 1988.
HMS Speedy	1st June 1918	Sunk in collision 24th September 1922.
HMS Speedy	18th May 1893	Sunk 1914.
HMS Spenser	22nd September 1917	Sold for breaking September 1936
HMS Stag	18th November 1899	Sold for scrap 17th March 1921.
HMS Tartar	25th June 1907	Sold 9th May 1921.
HMS Taurus	10th March 1917	Sold for breaking 18 February 1930
HMS Teazer	21st April 1917	Sold 6th February 1931.
HMS Tobago	15th July 1918	Damaged by mine 12 November 1920 and declared constructive total loss. Sold February 1922
HMS Torbay	6th March 1919	To Canada (Champlain) 1st March 1928.
HMS Toreador	7th December 1918	To Canada (Vancouver) 1st March 1928.
HMS Tourmaline	14th April 1919	Sold for breaking 28 November 1931
EML Ugandi *	2006	From UK (ex - Bridport) 2006.
HMS Undine	1st June 1943	Scrapped 15th November 1965.
HMS Unity	19th September 1913	Sold 25th October 1922.
HMS Upton	15th March 1956	Scrapped 22nd October 1991.
HMS Ursa	1st June 1943	Reclassified as Frigate, 1954. Scrapped 25th September 1967.
HMCS Vancouver *	1st March 1928	From UK (ex - Toreador) 1st March 1928. Scrapped 24th April 1937.
HMS Viceroy	17th November 1917	Sold for scrap 17th May 1947.
HMS Victor	28th November 1913	Sold 20th January 1923.
HMS Viscount	29th December 1917	Sold for scrap 20th March 1945.
HMS Walkerton	21st November 1956	Scrapped 20th December 1990.
HMS Wallace	26th October 1918	Sold for scrap 20th March 1945.
HMS Walney	25th November 1991	Decommissioned 15th October 2010.
HMS Warmingham	23rd April 1954	Sold 1983
HMS Warsash *	May 1954	Renamed (ex - Alfriston) May 1954. Renamed Alfriston 1958.
Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes *	April 1984	Purchased from UK (ex - Gurkha) April 1984. Deleted 2000.
HMS Wishart	18th July 1919	Scrapped 20th Mach 1945.
HMS Witch	11th November 1919	Sold for scrap 12th July 1946.
HMS Wolsey	16th March 1918	Sold for scrap, 4th March 1947.
HMS Woodlark	1897	Scrapped July 1928.
HMS Woolston	27th April 1918	Sold for scrap, 18th February 1947.
Yaffa *	15th July 1955	From UK (Zodiac) 15th July 1955. Sunk as target 1973.
HMS Zest	14th October 1943	Reclassified as Frigate, 1956. Scrapped 24th July 1970.
HMS Zodiac	11th March 1944	Tranferred to Israel (Yaffa), 15th July 1955.

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