HMS Ludlow Castle

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ludlow Castle after Ludlow Castle in Shropshire:

HMS Ludlow Castle (1707) was a 42-gun 1706 Establishment frigate launched in 1707 and rebuilt as a 40-gun 1719 Establishment frigate in 1723. She was hulked at Antigua in 1743 and sold in 1749.
HMS Ludlow Castle (1744) was a 44-gun 1741 Establishment frigate launched in 1744 and rebuilt as a 26-gun frigate in 1762. She was broken up at Portsmouth in 1771.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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