HMS Rosalind

There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Rosalind, named after the protagonist in William Shakespeare's As You Like It:

• HMS Rosalind (1913), renamed Liberty shortly after launching in 1913, an L-class destroyer that fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and was broken up in 1921.[1]
• HMS Rosalind (1916), an R-class destroyer launched by Thornycroft in 1916 and scrapped in 1926.[2]

See also

• The Modified Rosalinds were five S-class destroyers built by Thornycroft based on the 1916 ship.[3]
• HMT Rosalind was a Shakespearian-class naval trawler launched in 1941 and transferred to Kenya 1946.[4]

References

1. Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.
2. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: a complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th century to the present. London: Chatham. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-85367-566-9.
3. Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
4. Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Conway Maritime Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5.