Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sandown. Sandown is a seaside resort on the Isle of Wight, England. , one of 24 paddle wheel minesweepers, and was launched in 1916 and broken up in 1923. , a paddle wheel ferry built in 1934 for Southern Railway's Portsmouth—Ryde service but requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 and converted to a minesweeper, and later in 1942 to an anti-aircraft ship. She was converted back to a ferry in 1945 and was scrapped in 1956. was a launched in 1988 and transferred to the Estonian Navy in 2007 as . Battle honours Ships named Sandown have earned the following battle honours: Dunkirk 1940 Normandy 1944 Al Faw 2003 References External links Navynews - Ships of the Royal Navy MOD page on HMS Sandown The Ships List Royal Navy ship names