seven ships of the royal navy have been named hms liverpool after the city of liverpool, whilst another was planned: *hms liverpool was a 44-gun fifth-rate frigate, built as hms enterprise but renamed before being launched in 1741. she was sold in 1756 and became a privateer. she was reacquired by the navy in 1759 and entered service as the 30-gun hms looe. she was sold in 1763. *hms liverpool was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1758 and wrecked in 1778. *hms liverpool was a 50-gun frigate, later reclassified as a fourth-rate ship of the line, launched in 1814 and sold in 1822. *hms liverpool was to have been a 58-gun fourth-rate southampton class frigate, ordered in 1825 and cancelled in 1829. *hms liverpool was a fourth-rate screw frigate launched in 1860 and sold in 1875. *hms liverpool was a town-class light cruiser launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1921. *hms liverpool was a later town-class light cruiser launched in 1938 and scrapped in 1958. *hms liverpool is a type 42 destroyer launched in 1980 and deployed to the persian gulf during the iraq war (operation telic). the name liverpool was also the former name of the ship-of-the line hms imaum, which was taken into the royal navy in 1836 as a gift from his highness the imaum of muscat to the british crown; however the name liverpool was not used in the royal navy for this ship.   
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