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HMS Cornwall

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll (- Cornish), unus et omnes (- Latin), one and all - English). * was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1692 and broken up in 1761. * was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1761. She was damaged in action in 1780, and subsequently burnt as unserviceable. *HMS Cornwall was the name initially chosen for , a 74-gun third rate captured from the Danes in 1807, but the name was not used. * was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1812. She was reduced to 50 guns in 1831, was renamed HMS Wellesley in 1869 and served as a school ship until broken up in 1874. *HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1815 as .

She was renamed HMS Cornwall in 1868 when she became a school ship, and was sunk in 1940. * was a armoured cruiser launched in 1902 and sold in 1920. * was a heavy cruiser launched in 1926 that a Japanese air attack sank during the Indian Ocean raid in 1942. * was a Type 22 Batch 3 frigate launched in 1985 and decommissioned in June 2011.

Battle honours

*Barfleur 1692 *Falkland Islands 1914 *Dardanelles 1915

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* - ships of the Jamaica Defence Force

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