HMS Sultan

Four ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sultan.

Ships

• HMS Sultan (1768) was a schooner purchased in 1768 and sold in 1773.
• HMS Sultan (1775) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1775, and converted for use as a prison ship in 1797. She was renamed HMS Suffolk in 1805 and was broken up in 1816.
• HMS Sultan (1807) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1807, converted to a receiving ship in 1860, and broken up in 1864.
• HMS Sultan (1870) was a centre-battery ironclad launched in 1870. She was renamed HMS Fisgard IV in 1906, but reverted to Sultan while a training hulk in 1932. She was scrapped in 1946.

Shore establishments

• HMS Sultan (shore establishment 1940) was the naval base at Singapore, commissioned in 1940 as a successor to HMS Terror. She was abandoned after the fall of Singapore in 1942.
  • HMS Sultan II was the accounting base at Singapore for sea-going tenders, commissioned in 1940 and paid off in 1941.
  • HMS Sultan III was the accounting base at Penang, commissioned in 1940 and paid off in 1941.
  • HMS Sultan IV was the accounting base at Singapore between 1941 and 1942.
• HMS Sultan (shore establishment 1945) was the accounting base at Singapore for personnel based at Keppel Harbour, commissioned in 1945 and paid off in 1947.
  • HMS Sultan II was the accounting base for the naval base at Singapore, commissioned in 1945 and paid off in 1946, becoming HMS Terror.
• HMS Sultan (establishment) is the Marine Engineering training establishment and school of aircraft handling at Gosport, and is also home to the Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering. It was commissioned in 1956.