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In fact, the abbreviated form "HMS" was not used until nearly the end of the following century, with the term "His Majesty's Ship" (formally altered to "Their Majesties' Ship" between 1689 and 1694, when William I and Mary II were co-rulers, and to "Her Majesty's Ship" between 1702 and 1714, and again from 1837 to 1901, when there was a queen ...
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 the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities. As part of this remit ...
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 ...
English ship Sapphire (1651) English ship Speaker (1650) English ship Squirrel (1570s) English ship St Andrew (1622) HMS Success (1650) English ship Sussex (1652) English ship Swan (1641) English ship Swiftsure (1573)
Royal Sovereign (1862) turret-ship (converted from Duke of Wellington class 3-decker) - Sold for BU 1885; Prince Albert (1864) turret-ship — Sold for BU 1899; Scorpion-class masted turret-ships Scorpion (1863) - Sunk as target 1901; raised and sold for BU 1903; foundered en route scrapyard 1903; Wivern (1863) - Sold for BU 1922; Cerberus ...
Katherine (second ship of that name) (1674–unknown) Portsmouth (first ship of that name) (1674–unknown) Charles (second ship of that name) (1675–unknown) Charlot (1677–unknown) Mary (second ship of that name) (1677–unknown) Henrietta (second ship of that name) (1679–unknown) Izabella Bezan (1680–unknown) Fubbs (1682–unknown ...