HMS Jamaica
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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
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[[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Jamaica]]