HMS Jamaica 580683 179394496 2007-12-21T14:39:30Z Jll 9177 |name= Six vessels of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Jamaica''''', after the island colony of [[Jamaica]]: * [[HMS Jamaica (1710)]], a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and wrecked in 1715 * [[HMS Jamaica (1744)]], a 14-gun sloop launched 1744 and foundered 1770 off Jamaica * [[HMS Jamaica (1779)]], a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1779 and sold in 1783 * [[HMS Jamaica (1796)]], formerly the French ''Percente'', captured in 1796 and taken in as a 26-gun 6th-rate, sold in 1814 * [[HMS Jamaica (1825)]], 52-gun 4th-rate ordered in 1825 and cancelled in 1829 * [[HMS Jamaica (C44)]], a cruiser launched 1940 and scrapped 1960 {{shipindex|name=Jamaica, HMS}} [[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Jamaica]]