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Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Pembroke'''''.

==Ships==
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1655}} was a 28-gun [[fifth rate]] launched in 1655 and lost in a collision off Portland in 1667.
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1690}} was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1690, captured by the French in 1694 and subsequently wrecked.
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1694}} was a 60-gun [[fourth rate]] launched in 1694 and captured by the French in 1709. She was recaptured in 1711. In 1713 was purchased in Genoa by Spain.
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1710}} was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1710 and broken up in 1726.
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1733}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1733. She foundered in 1745, but was raised and wrecked off the East Indies in 1749.
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1757}} was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1776 before being broken-up in 1793.
* {{HMS|Pembroke|1812}} was a 74-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1812. She was converted to a screw ship in 1855, transferred to the [[Her Majesty's Coastguard|Coastguard]] in 1858, and used as a base ship from 1887.  She was renamed HMS ''Forte'' as a [[receiving hulk]] in 1890, and was sold in 1905.
*[[HMS Duncan (1859)|HMS ''Pembroke'']] was a 101-gun screw propelled [[first rate]] launched in 1859 as {{HMS|Duncan|1859|6}}. She was renamed HMS ''Pembroke'' on her transferral to harbour service in 1890, renamed HMS ''Tenedos II'' in 1905 and was sold in 1910.
*{{HMS|Pembroke|M107}} is a {{sclass|Sandown|minehunter}} launched in 1997; as of 2023 planned for decommissioning and transfer to Romania

==Shore establishments==
*[[Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham|HMS ''Pembroke'']] was the name given to a shore barracks at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]]. It was commissioned in 1878, moved ashore in 1903 and was paid off in 1983. The buildings, designed by Sir Henry Pilkington, now house the [[Universities at Medway]].
*A number of ships were renamed ''Pembroke'' while serving as base and depot ships for the establishment:
**{{HMS|Pembroke|1812}} was the original base ship between 1873 and 1890 (which gave the shore base its name)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.historic-shipping.co.uk/robwigram/pembroke%2012.html |title= H.M.S. 'Pembroke' |website= The Historic Shipping Website}}</ref>
**{{HMS|Duncan|1859|6}} was HMS ''Pembroke'' from 1890 until 1905.
**{{HMS|Trent|1877|6}} was HMS ''Pembroke'' from 1905 until 1917.
**{{HMS|Nymphe|1888|6}} was HMS ''Pembroke'' from 1917 until 1920.
**{{HMS|Achilles|1863|6}} was HMS ''Pembroke'' from 1919 until 1923.
**{{HMS|Prince Rupert|1915|6}} was HMS ''Pembroke'' for several months in 1922.
**''Daniel Fearall'' was HMS ''Pembroke'' between 1922 until 1939.
*There were a number of other ''Pembroke''s established across the country during the twentieth century. 
**HMS ''Pembroke I'' - accounting base at Chatham between 1940 and 1960.
**HMS ''Pembroke II'' - [[Royal Naval Air Station]] at [[Eastchurch]] between 1913 and 1918.
**HMS ''Pembroke II'' - accounting base at Chatham between 1940 and 1957.
**HMS ''Pembroke III'' - accounting base at London and outstations between 1942 and 1952.
**HMS ''Pembroke IV'' - accounting base at Chatham between 1919 and 1920, and [[the Nore]] between 1939 and 1961.
**{{HMS|Pembroke V}} - naval base at [[Dover]] between 1919 and 1923, secret base at [[Bletchley Park]] between 1941 and 1945, and the name for [[Women's Royal Naval Service|WRNS]] personnel in London between 1945 and 1946.
**HMS ''Pembroke VI'' - accounting section at Chatham in 1919.
**HMS ''Pembroke VII'' - depot ship for auxiliary patrols at [[Grimsby]] between 1919 and 1921.
**HMS ''Pembroke VIII'' - [[HM Naval Base, Immingham]] and as the flag ship of the Commanding Officer, Humber Area on the [[River Humber|Humber]] between 1920 and 1921.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy List |date=January 1921 |publisher=H. M. Stationery Office |location=London, England |page=693}}</ref>
**HMS ''Pembroke X'' - headquarters of the Royal Navy Patrol Service at [[Lowestoft]] between 1939 and 1940.

==See also==
*{{HMS|Pembroke Prize}}
*{{HMS|Pembroke Castle}}

==Citations==
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==References==
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}
*Warlow, Ben, ''Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy'', Liskeard : Maritime, 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-907771-73-9}}

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