HC Deb 26 May 1954 vol 528 c28W
81. Mr. P. Williams

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when there was last a vessel in the Royal Navy called H.M.S. "Sunderland"; what class of vessel she was; and of what tonnage.

Mr. J. P. L. Thomas

The last warship of the Royal Navy to be named "Sunderland" was a 4th rate of 60 guns and 1,123 tons built at Portsmouth and launched on 4th April, 1744.