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 (OPV) 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.