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HMS President as a London stone frigate

HMS President survives as a Royal Naval Reserve stone frigate in London, where its inherited name still carries ceremonial humor.

Notes

HMS President still has a modern Royal Navy use. It names a Royal Naval Reserve establishment in London. Because the shore establishment is commissioned as a ship, it is described as a stone frigate. Regular invitations to the US ambassador give the name a deliberately playful ceremonial afterlife.