four ships and three shore establishments of the royal navy have been named hms st vincent: *  was an 8-gun fireship captured from the french in 1692 and sold in 1698. *  was a 14-gun sloop, previously the spanish ship san vicente. she was captured in 1780 and sold was sold in 1783. *  was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1841, used as a training ship from 1862, and sold in 1906. *  was a st. vincent-class battleship launched in 1908 and sold in 1921. *  was a boy/junior training establishment in gosport from 1927 to 1969. * hms st. vincent was the home of the royal navy section of the royal naval reserve's london centre, hms president between 1983 and 1992. *  was the navy's communication centre in whitehall from 1992 to 1998. it then became known as 'marcomm comcen (st vincent)'.   
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