HMS Queen

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Queen. It is one of the oldest ship names of the Royal Navy dating from the time of Henry III of England.

English ship Queen (1225) was a ship built in 1225. She is mentioned in records for some 10 or 12 years after that year. Her fate is unknown.^[1]
HMS Queen was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1673 as Royal Charles and renamed Queen in 1694, then renamed Royal George in 1715. She was renamed Royal Anne in 1756 and was broken up in 1767.
HMS Queen (1769) was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1769. She was reduced to 74 guns in 1811 and was broken up in 1821.
HMS Queen (1839) was a 110-gun first rate launched in 1839. In 1859 the ship was fitted with a screw propeller and reduced to 86 guns. She was broken up in 1871.
HMS Queen (1902) was a Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1902. She was sold in 1920 and broken up in 1921.
HMS Queen (D19) was a Bogue-class escort carrier, formerly USS St. Andrews. She was launched in 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy that year. She was returned to the United States Navy in 1946.

Other ships

HMCS Queen is the Canadian Naval Reserve Division in Regina, Saskatchewan. The battle honours of all HM Ships Queen have been inherited by HMCS Queen.
Queen was an Indian service paddle sloop launched in 1839 and listed until 1860.^[2]

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At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Captain:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll , unus et omnes , one and all - English).

Four ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hibernia after the Latin name of Ireland:

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Minotaur after the minotaur, a creature in Greek mythology:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niger after the Niger River, whilst another was planned.

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Northumberland after the English county of Northumberland, or the Dukedom of Northumberland. Another was planned but later cancelled:

Six Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Hero:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince George:

Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690.

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Diana after the figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:

Seven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Duke:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned:

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Medusa, after the ancient Greek mythological figure Medusa:

Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Heroine:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sibyl or HMS Sybille, named for the Greek mythological figures, the Sibyls :

References

↑ "Royal Launches and H.M.S. Queen". The Times. No. 36711. London. 10 March 1902. p. 6.
↑ Colledge (2010), p. 326.
↑ "HMCS Queen". 9 March 2005.

J. J. Colledge; Ben Warlow (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.

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[1] "Royal Launches and H.M.S. Queen". The Times. No. 36711. London. 10 March 1902. p. 6.

[2] Colledge (2010), p. 326.

[3] "HMCS Queen". 9 March 2005.

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