HMS Queen

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Six 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.

  • The first Queen was built in 1225, and its fate is unknown.
  • The second Queen was a 100 gun first rate built in 1673 as HMS Royal Charles and renamed Queen in 1693, then renamed to HMS Royal George in 1715.
  • The third Queen was a 98 gun second rate built in 1769. The ship was reduced to 74 guns in 1811 and broken up in 1821. [1]
  • The fourth Queen was a 110 gun first rate built in 1839. In 1859 the ship was fitted with a screw propellor and she was broken up in 1871.
  • The fifth Queen was a Formidable-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1902. In 1920 the ship was sold and it was broken up the following year.[2]
  • The sixth Queen, formerly the USS St Andrews, was an aircraft carrier built in 1943 and later transferred to the RN in that year. She was returned to the USN in 1946. [3]

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
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