HMS Calpe

HMS Calpe was the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy, named after Calpe, the classical name for Gibraltar.

• HMS Calpe (1800): A 14-gun brig-sloop, formerly the French privateer * Général Bernadotte*, captured in 1800 and sold in 1802.

• HMS Calpe (1916): An Arabis-class sloop launched in 1916. She served in World War I and was sold in 1922.

• HMS Calpe (L71): A Hunt-class destroyer launched in 1941. She served extensively during World War II in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, participating in numerous convoy escort duties and landings including Operation Torch (North Africa), the invasion of Sicily, and the landings at Anzio. She was transferred to the Royal Danish Navy in 1952 and renamed Rolf Krake.