HMS Rooke
Introduction One ship and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Rooke''''' after Admiral Sir George Rooke:'''Ship'''* HMS ''Rooke'' was a Thornycroft-type flotilla leader launched in 1920.She was renamed HMS ''Broke'' in 1921, and served until foundering under tow in 1942 after being damaged during Operation Terminal. '''Shore establishments'''*  was the boom defence central depot at Rosyth. It was commissioned in 1940 and paid off in 1946, being renamed HMS ''Safeguard''. * was the naval base at Gibraltar. It was commissioned in 1946, succeeding , and operating until becoming a Joint Service Base in 1990.This was paid off in 1996.
See also * , which was a Royal Navy  captured by two French privateers in 1808.