HMS Umpire

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Umpire, probably after the official in the sport of Cricket:

HMS Umpire was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line renamed HMS Royal George in 1782, before her launch, after the previous HMS Royal George foundered.
HMS Umpire was a modified R-class destroyer launched on 9 June 1917 and sold for breaking up on 7 January 1930.
HMS Umpire was a U-class submarine launched on 30 December 1940 and sunk in an accident nine days after commissioning.

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