List of ships christened by Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II christened many ships throughout her reign, both naval, scientific, and passenger vessels. The following is a list of all the ships she named during her lifetime, from HMS Vanguard to the cruise ship Britannia.

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List of ships

As Princess
NameImageAffiliationDate christenedLocation christenedStatusNotes
HMS Vanguard HMS Vanguard (1946).jpg Royal Navy 30 November 1944 John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland Decommissioned, Scrapped, 1960

Last battleship built for Britain

British Princess Launch of the 'British Princess' (13942498868).jpg British Tanker Co. Ltd. 30 April 1946 [1] Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Deptford [2] Scrapped in 1962
RMS Caronia RMS Caronia (ca. 1956) (cropped).jpg Cunard White Star Line 30 October 1947 [3] John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland Wrecked, Scrapped 1974
As Queen
NameImageAffiliationDate ChristenedLocation ChristenedStatusNotes
HMY Britannia Royal Yacht Britannia - geograph.org.uk - 2394129.jpg Royal Yacht 16 April 1953 John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland Decommissioned in 1997, museum ship in Leith-Edinburgh, Scotland
SS Southern Cross The passenger ship Southern Cross (3378424438).jpg Shaw Savill Line 17 August 1954 [4] Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped 2003*First merchant ship christened by Queen Elizabeth II
RMS Empress of Britain "Carnivale" - Miami, 1984.jpg Canadian Pacific Line 22 June 1955 [5] Fairfield Shipbuilding in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Scrapped 2008
Queen Elizabeth 2 QE2 outward bound from Southampton on the Solent 1970 - geograph.org.uk - 2324358.jpg Cunard Line 20 September 1967 [6] John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland Hotel ship in Dubai
HMS Invincible HMS Invincible (R05).jpg Royal Navy 3 May 1977 Vickers Shipbuilding Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, EnglandScrapped in 2011
HMS Lancaster HMS Lancaster (9445625900).jpg Royal Navy 24 May 1990 [7] Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland In service
RRS James Clark Ross RRS James Clark Ross Rothera.jpg British Antarctic Survey 1st December 1990 [8] Swan Hunter Shipbuilders in Wallsend, UKIn serviceSold in 2021 to National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine, renamed Noosfera [9]
Oriana Oriana 2006.jpg P&O Cruises 6 April 1995 [10] Mayflower Terminal, Southampton, England In service
HMS Ocean HMS Ocean IFOS2005, cropped.jpg Royal Navy 11 October 1995 Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Kværner (Govan) Decommissioned 2018, sold to Brazilian Navy
RMS Queen Mary 2 Queen Mary 2 at Southampton Terminal - geograph.org.uk - 1094881.jpg Cunard Line 8 January 2004 [11] [12] Queen Elizabeth II terminal, Southampton, England In service
MS Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth (ship, 2010) 001.jpg Cunard Line 10 October 2010 [13] Southampton, England In service
HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Queen Elizabeth in Gibraltar - 2018 (28386226189).jpg Royal Navy 4 July 2014Rosyth dockyard near Edinburgh, Scotland [14] In service
MV Britannia MV Britannia La Rochelle-c.jpg P&O Cruises 10 March 2015 [15] Southampton, England [16] In service

Sources

  1. ↑ "British Princess (launched 1946) | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  2. ↑ "Motor Vessel British Princess built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. in 1946 for British Tanker Co. Ltd., London, Tanker". sunderlandships.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  3. ↑ Pathé, British. "Princess Elizabeth Launches The 'caronia'". www.britishpathe.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  4. ↑ "Southern cross". belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  5. ↑ Pathé, British. "Queen Launches Empress Of Britain". www.britishpathe.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  6. ↑ "Cunard celebrates Queen Elizabeth II and four ships she launched, in photos". Los Angeles Times. 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  7. ↑ "The Queen and the Royal Navy: A golden thread running through our shared histories". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  8. ↑ "RRS James Clark Ross". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  9. ↑ "RRS James Clark Ross sold". British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  10. ↑ "Oriana cruise ship to leave service in Southampton". BBC News. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  11. ↑ "A song and a prayer as largest liner is named". the Guardian. 2004-01-09. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  12. ↑ Passenger, Cruise (2022-09-15). "Thank you Ma'am - how the Queen was a maritime champion, christening a record 21 ships". Cruise Passenger. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  13. ↑ Mathisen, Monty (2010-10-11). "Queen Elizabeth Christened by Her Majesty The Queen". www.cruiseindustrynews.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  14. ↑ "THE QUEEN CHRISTENS ROYAL NAVY'S NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER". Britain Magazine | The official magazine of Visit Britain | Best of British History, Royal Family,Travel and Culture. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  15. ↑ "Queen officially names new cruise ship 'Britannia' - CBBC Newsround" . Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  16. ↑ "Photo tour: Ship christenings with Queen Elizabeth II". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
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