What is "launceston"

Launceston may refer to:

• Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Launceston (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency centred on Launceston in Cornwall
  • Launceston RUFC, a rugby football club in Launceston, Cornwall
• Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
  • Launceston Airport, in Launceston, Tasmania
  • City of Launceston, local government area that covers about half of Launceston, Tasmania

• , three ships of the Royal Australian Navy

Launceston, also known at some periods as Dunheved, was a parliamentary constituency in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and one member from 1832 until 1918. It was a parliamentary borough until 1885, and a county constituency thereafter.