HMS Escort
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Escort:
- HMS Escort (1757) was a 14-gun sloop, formerly a French privateer. She was captured in 1757 and sold in 1768.
- HMS Escort (1801) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and transferred to Customs in 1815.
- HMS Escort (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1865.
- HMS Escort (H66) was an E-class destroyer launched in 1934. She was torpedoed in 1940 and foundered three days later.
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