HMS Selby

Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Selby, after the North Yorkshire town:

HMS Selby (1654) was a 22-gun ship launched at Wapping in 1654 and renamed HMS Eagle in 1660. Converted to a fireship in 1674, she was sunk in 1694 to help form foundations at Sheerness.
HMS Selby was a storeship purchased in April 1781 and sold on 2 December 1783.
HMS Selby (1798) was a 22-gun ship bought in 1798 and sold in December 1801.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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