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This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
This is a list of all naval vessels ever used by the United Kingdom under the Royal Navy and other UK maritime organisations or groups that participated in UK conflicts. . This list will consist of lists of naval vessels used at specific time periods such as World War II and the Modern day as well as a list of Royal Navy ship names that will look at all Royal Navy ships ever u
The original 1920s edition of the H. P. Gibson naval board game Dover Patrol used a number of real RN ship names, but generally attached them to different ship classes. Thus the " Flagships " were H.M.S. Nelson and Drake , and the " Super Dreadnoughts " were H.M.S. Australia , New Zealand , Canada and India , but few of these resembled the ...
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier [1]-WWII era HMS Victorious (R38) modernised in 1950s and in commission till 1968. Implacable-class aircraft carrier [2]-WWII era decommissioned in mid 1950s. Audacious-class aircraft carrier [3] - Served from 1951 till 1979.
List of active Royal Navy ships lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy. List of ship names of the Royal Navy lists all names that Royal Navy ships have ever borne. See also
The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain [1] as a united, sovereign state, on 1 May 1707 in accordance with the Treaty of Union, signed on 22 July 1706. [2]
Royal Navy ships in commission are prefixed since 1789 with His Majesty's Ship (or "Her Majesty's Ship", when the monarch is a queen), abbreviated to "HMS"; for example, HMS Beagle. Submarines are styled HM Submarine, also abbreviated "HMS".
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