About: HMS Calcutta

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calcutta, after the Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). * The first HMS Calcutta (1795) 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 HMS Calcutta (1831) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1831, converted to a gunnery training ship in 1865 and sold in 1908. * The third Calcutta was HMS Hercules, renamed Calcutta in 1909. * The fourth Calcutta was the gunboat , renamed Calcutta in 1916. * The fifth HMS Calcutta (D82) was a light cruiser launched in 1918 and sunk in action in 1941.