HMS Poictiers

HMS Poictiers

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Poictiers".

* The first "Poictiers" was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1809, participated in an action where she rescued the HMS Frolic by capturing the USS Wasp commanded by Jacob Jones in 1812, and broken up in 1857.

* The second "Poictiers" was to have been a 2,380 ton destroyer; she was launched in April 1946 but broken up soon after.


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