HMS Mersey
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey:
Ships
- HMS Mersey was a Conway-class 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1814, used for harbour service from 1832, and broken up in 1852.
- HMS Mersey was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1875.
- HMS Mersey was a Mersey-class protected cruiser launched in 1885 and sold in 1905.
- HMS Mersey was a Humber-class monitor launched in 1913 for Brazil, but purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Mersey is a River-class offshore patrol vessel launched in 2003 and currently in service.
Shore establishments
- HMS Mersey was the Navy's Liverpool depot, established as a branch of HMS Eaglet and commissioned in 1940, and paid off in 1946.
- HMS Mersey was the name borne by a number of tenders to the Liverpool Royal Naval Reserve
- HM Motor minesweeper 1075 was HMS Mersey between 1949 and 1956.
- HMS Amerton was HMS Mersey between 1954 and 1959.
- HMS Pollington was HMS Mersey between 1959 and 1975.
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