 several ships of the royal navy have been named hms sussex: * , a fourth-rate  frigate launched with either 38 or 40 guns in 1652, later rearmed to 46 guns, and blew up in 1653 * , a third-rate ship of the line that sank in the mediterranean sea in 1694 * , a  heavy cruiser, launched in 1928 and scrapped in 1950 *  was the name of the royal naval reserve unit in brighton that closed in 1994  
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