HMS Milbrook

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Milbrook (or Millbrook), possibly named for Millbrook, Southampton, near the shipyard on the River Test in which the first Milbrook was built:

Milbrook, a schooner built to an experimental design by Samuel Bentham and launched 1798. Wrecked 1808.
Milbrook, an Admiralty M-class destroyer built by Thornycroft, begun November 1914, launched 12 July 1915, and completed October 1915. Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921.

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