HMS Antrim
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antrim, after County Antrim in Northern Ireland:
- HMS Antrim (1903) was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser launched in 1903. She served in World War I and was broken up in 1923.
- HMS Antrim (D18) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She was sold to the Chilean Navy in 1984 and renamed Almirante Cochrane after Thomas Cochrane.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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