HMS Wellesley

HMS Wellesley

Two ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have been named HMS "Wellesley" after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

hips

* HMS "Wellesley" was a Royal Navy school ship, formerly HMS "Cornwall" and renamed "Wellesley" in 1868.
* HMS "Wellesley", launched 1815, was a 72-gun third-rate ship of the line built at Bombay by the East India Company. Refitted as a training ship in 1868 and renamed HMS "Cornwall". Sunk by enemy action, 1940.

hore establishments

* HMS "Wellesley" was a Royal Navy Nautical Training School at Blyth, Northumberland.

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