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HMS Rocket (1855) (3rd)
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This the third ship to carry the name HMS Rocket was a 1-gun,
mortar vessel. Built by Green of Blackwall, launched 05-May-1855, 70ft long, 23ft 6on wide and of 156 tons builders measurement. Armed with 1 x 13in mortar. Renamed MV 20, 19-Oct-1855. Broken up at Plymouth 1865. Won the Battle Honours: Baltic 1855, English Channel 1943, Sabang 1944, Burma 1844-45 and East Indies 1945.
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