Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Duchess: , a 24-gun ship, previously the French ship Duchesse captured in 1652 and sold in 1654. , a 90-gun second rate launched in 1679. She was renamed HMS Princess Anne in 1701, HMS Windsor Castle in 1702, and HMS Blenheim in 1706. She was broken up in 1763. , a paddle steamer named Duchess of Fife launched in 1903, and taken into Royal Navy service from 1916 to 1919. The vessel was sold in 1923. , a D-class destroyer launched in 1932 and sunk in a collision with in 1939. , a destroyer launched in 1951. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1964, and was broken up in 1980. See also , a 280-ton, Bristol-built vessel that circumnavigated the globe during 1708–11. Although not a naval vessel, this feat is the basis of the ship's badge assigned to Royal Navy vessels named Duchess. , a 314-ton merchant vessel used by the Royal New Zealand Navy from 1940 to 1947. Royal Navy ship names