HMS Rochester
Introduction Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Rochester''''', after the town of Rochester on the River Medway:* was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693.She was rebuilt in 1715, and again as a hospital ship in 1744.She was renamed HMS ''Maidstone'' after the second rebuild and was broken up in 1748. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1749 and sold in 1770. *HMS ''Rochester'' was a prison ship, launched in 1749 as the 74-gun third rate . She became a prison ship in 1793, was renamed HMS ''Rochester'' in 1800 and was broken up in 1810. * was a  sloop launched in 1931 and sold in 1951.
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