HMS Curacoa

HMS Curacoa

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Curacoa", after the island in the Caribbean Sea more usually spelled Curaçao:

*HMS|Curacoa|1809, a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1809. She was reduced to 24 guns in 1831 and broken up in 1849.
*HMS|Curacoa|1854, a wood screw frigate launched in 1854. She was flagship of the Australia Station during the New Zealand Land Wars and was broken up in 1869.
*HMS|Curacoa|1878, a screw corvette launched in 1878 and sold in 1904.
*HMS|Curacoa|D41, a C-class light cruiser launched in 1917 and accidentally sunk by RMS|Queen Mary in 1942.


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