Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calcutta, after the Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata).
The first was a 54-gun fourth rate, originally the East Indiaman Warley and purchased in 1795, captured by the French in 1805 and destroyed by British ships in 1809. The second was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1831, converted to a gunnery training ship in 1865 and sold in 1908. The third was the former battleship Hercules, renamed in 1909. The fourth Calcutta was the gunboat , renamed Calcutta in 1916. The fifth was a light cruiser launched in 1918 and sunk in action in 1941.
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