Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buckingham, after George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, including:
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by the English kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years War against the Kingdom of France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is known as the Senior Service.
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, KG, was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite and possibly also a lover of King James I of England. Despite a patchy political and military record, Buckingham remained at the height of royal favour for the first three years of the reign of King Charles I, until a disgruntled army officer assassinated him.
- HMS Buckingham was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1699 as HMS Revenge. She was renamed HMS Buckingham in 1711, was hulked in 1727 and subsequently sunk as a foundation in 1745.
- HMS Buckingham (1731) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1731 and broken up in 1745.
- HMS Buckingham (1751) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1751. She was renamed HMS Grampus in 1777 and was used as a store ship. She foundered in a storm in 1779.
- HMS Buckingham was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1774 as HMS Eagle. She was used for harbour service from 1790, was renamed HMS Buckingham in 1800 and was broken up in 1812.
HMS Revenge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard in 1699.
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks. Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability, firepower, and cost. So, while first rates and second rates were both larger and more powerful, the third-rate ships were in a real sense the optimal configuration.
HMS Buckingham was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 13 April 1731.
