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HMS Implacable (R86) HMS Implacable (R86) was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Fairfields Shipyard on Clydeside three months after her sister-ship Indefatigable and was clearly destined for the British Pacific Fleet once worked up.
HMS Inconstant (H49) HMS Inconstant (H49) was an I-class destroyer laid down as TCG Muavenet for the Turkish Navy by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness on 24 May 1939, purchased in September 1939 by the Royal Navy, launched on 24 February 1941 and commissioned on 24 January 1942. Inconstant participated in the assault on Madagascar in May 1942, and attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-409 in the Mediterranean north-east of Algiers on 12 July 1943 and U-767 while in company with the destroyers Fame and Havelock in the English Channel south-west of Guernsey on 18 June 1944.
HMS Indefatigable (1784) HMS Indefatigable, designed by Sir Thomas Slade, and launched in 1784 (long after his death) as a 64-gun two-decked third-rate ship of the line for the Royal Navy. At that time, she was already nearly obsolete for the main battle line.
HMS Indefatigable (1909) HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was essentially a lengthened version of HMS Invincible, with additional room added amidships to allow both 'P' and 'Q' turrets to fire on either broadside.
HMS Inflexible (1876) HMS Inflexible was a Victorian ironclad battleship carrying her main armament in centrally placed turrets. The ship was constructed in the 1870s for the Royal Navy to oppose the perceived growing threat from the Italian Regia Marina in the Mediterranean.
HMS Inglefield (D02) HMS Inglefield (D02), named for Captain John Nicholson Inglefield (1748 - 1828) and his son Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield (1783 - 1848), was an I-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War II.
HMS Invincible (R05) HMS Invincible (R05) is a light aircraft carrier, the lead ship of three in her class. On 2005-06-06 the Ministry of Defence announced that HMS Invincible would be mothballed until 2010, available for reactivation at 18-months notice.
HMS Iron Duke (1912) HMS Iron Duke was a battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during World War I, including at the battle of Jutland.
HMS Ithuriel (H05) HMS Ithuriel (H05) was an I-class destroyer laid down as Gayret for the Turkish Navy by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness on 24 May 1939, launched on 15 December 1940 and commissioned on 3 March 1942.
HMS Jackal (F22) HMS Jackal (F22) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939. HMS Jackal was attacked by enemy German Ju-88 bombers north-west of Mersa Matruh in Egypt on 12 May 1942 and severely damaged, and scuttled by HMS Jervis.
HMS Jaguar (F34) HMS Jaguar (F34) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. Jaguar participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
HMS Janus (F53) HMS Janus (F53), named after the Roman god, was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. Janus participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
HMS Java (1811) The French built frigate Renommée was taken by the English near Madagascar and renamed HMS Java. She carried 38 guns and was under the command of Captain Harry Lambert when she met the American frigate USS Constitution of 44 guns in December 1812 in what would be her last battle, which lasted for three hours.
HMS Javelin (F61) HMS Javelin (F61) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938 and commissioned on 10 June 1939.
HMS Jersey (F72) HMS Jersey (F72) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 20 September 1937, launched on 26 September 1938 and commissioned on 28 April 1939.
HMS Juno (F46) HMS Juno (F46) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 October 1937, launched on 8 December 1938 and commissioned on 25 August 1939. Juno participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
HMS Jupiter (F85) HMS Jupiter (F85) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 28 September 1937, launched on 27 October 1938 and commissioned on 25 June 1939.
HMS Justice (W-140) The HMS Justice (W-140), a Royal Navy ship classified as a rescue tug, was originally built in the US as the US Navy ATR-1 class rescue tug USS ATR-20.1 It was renumbered BATR-202 when returned to the US in 1946.
HMS K26 HMS K26 was the only modified K-class submarine of Britain's Royal Navy to be completed. One of six ordered, she was laid down towards the end of the First World War but not completed until five years after its end.
HMS Kandahar (F28) HMS Kandahar (F28) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Named after the Afghan city of Kandahar and launched in 1939, she was irreparably damaged by a mine off Tripoli in 1941, and scuttled the next day by Jaguar.
HMS Kangaroo (1900) HMS Kangaroo was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 29 December 1899, launched on 8 September 1900 and completed in July 1901.
HMS Kelvin (F37) HMS Kelvin (F37) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 October 1937, launched on 19 January 1939 and commissioned on 27 November 1939.
HMS Kemerton (M1156) HMS Kemerton (M1156) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 November 1953 and named after the village of Kemerton in Worcestershire. She was put 'Operational Reserve' at Hythe from 1956 to 1962, before being sent to the Persian Gulf as part of the 9th Minesweeper Squadron.
HMS Kempthorne (K483) HMS Kempthorne (K483) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy and named after Captain (later Admiral Sir) John Kempthorne of the 4th Mary Rose 1669. Built at the Boston Navy Yard, she was originally the Evarts-class destroyer escort Trumpeter (DE-279).
HMS King George V (1911) The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class of 1911 dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13.5 inch guns in twin gun turrets and a secondary armament of sixteen 4 inch guns and had a crew complement of 870, though this increased substantially by 1916 to 1,110, and had a length of 597 feet.
HMS Kingston (F64) HMS Kingston (F64) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 6 October 1937, launched on 9 January 1939 and commissioned on 14 September 1939.
HMS Kirkliston HMS Kirkliston (M1157) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, built by Harland and Wolff and launched on 18 February1954. In a brief episode from 1956 to 1960 she was temporarily renamed HMS Kilmorey and was assigned to the Ulster division Royal Naval Reserve (RNR).
HMS Kite (U87) HMS Kite (U87) was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1943 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol).
HMS L10 HMS L10 was a British L class submarine commissioned in June 1918 and destroyed by enemy action in October of the same year. Built at Dumbarton by William Denny, L10 was a modern and advanced boat with 4 torpedo tubes and one 4" gun.
HMS Laforey (1913) HMS Laforey, the name ship of the Laforey class destroyers, was launched at Govan in 1913 following construction by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. She possessed 3 4" guns and 4 torpedo tubes, and was designed to operate in British coastal waters against enemy surface and submarine shipping.
HMS Lagos (D44) HMS Lagos (D44) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Lagos which happened in 1759 off the coast of Portugal, between the Royal Navy and a French fleet, resulting in a British victory.
HMS Lancaster (F229) HMS Lancaster (F229) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy. Lancaster was originally given the pennant number F232, until it was realised that in the Royal Navy, form number 232 is the official report for ships that have run aground.
HMS Lance (1914) HMS Lance, a Royal Navy destroyer, in tandem with HMS Landrail, fired the first British shot of the First World War, on August 5, 1914 in an action that resulted in the sinking of the German minelayer Konigin Luise in the North Sea. Both Lance and Landrail were part of the British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (based at Harwich), which had been deployed at dawn on the first day of the war as part of a squadron of destroyers doing a sweep of the North Sea.
HMS Leander (1780) HMS Leander was a fourth-rate 50-gun ship of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham on 1 July 1780. She took part in the Battle of the Nile, where commanded by Captain Thomas Thompson she was able to exploit a gap in the French line and anchor between Peuple Souverain and Franklin and rake both enemy ships while protected from their broadsides.
HMS Leviathan (1790) HMS Leviathan was a third-rate ship of the line of 1707 tons and 74 guns launched on 9 October 1790. At the Battle of Trafalgar under Henry William Bayntun, she was near the front of the windward column led by Admiral Lord Nelson on his flagship HMS Victory.
HMS Leviathan (R97) HMS Leviathan was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier laid down at Swan Hunter on 18 October 1943, and launched on 7 June 1945. However, the ship was suspended after World War II ended, and, unlike the other members of her class she was never completed.
HMS Lion Eighteen vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England and the British Monarchy.
HMS Lion (1910) HMS Lion was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 1910, the lead ship of her class. She was originally constructed with her foremast and spotting top behind her forefunnel; the heat and fumes made access to the spotting top difficult and after her initial trials she was rebuilt with the foremast and fore funnel switched in position.
HMS Lively (1901) HMS Lively was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901.
HMS Liverpool (1814) The third HMS Liverpool was an Endymion-class fourth-rate frigate of 1247 tons and armed with 50 guns. She was launched at Woolwich on 21 February 1814, after a long absence, a Liverpool was finally commissioned into the Royal Navy once again.
HMS Liverpool (D92) The seventh, and current HMS Liverpool (D92) is the 10th of 14 Type 42 destroyers. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on the 25th September in 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of the then Minister of State for Defence.
HMS Llandaff (F61) HMS Llandaff (F61) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for the district of Llandaff in Cardiff, Wales. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne, launched in 1955 and completed in 1958.
HMS Loch Alvie (K428) HMS Loch Alvie (K428) was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy, named after Loch Alvie in Scotland. She was laid down by Barclay, Curle & Company at Glasgow on 31 August 1943, launched on 14 January 1944 and commissioned on 10 August 1944.
HMS London (1899) HMS London (1899) was a Formidable class of battleship in the British Royal Navy. She differed from the previous three ships to be built of this class: Formidable, Irresistible, and Implacable, by having thinner deck armour.
HMS London (F95) HMS London (F95) was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy, originally named Bloodhound but renamed London at the request of the Mayor of London. She was flagship of the Royal Navy task force during the First Gulf War.
HMS Lossie HMS Lossie (K303) was a Group II River class frigate of the Royal Navy which named all of this class of frigate after British rivers. The River Lossie is a river in Moray, Scotland and flows into the Moray Firth at Lossiemouth.
HMS Lyme HMS Lyme was a 28-gun, frigate of the Royal Navy. Originally ordered as a 24 gun ship to the draft of the French privateer Tyger, the ship, as well as the Unicorn to the same draught, were modified to become the first true frigates of the Royal Navy.
HMS M33 HMS M33 is a M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy built in 1915 as part of the rapid ship construction campaign following the outbreak of World War I. Ordered in March of 1915, she was launched in May and commissioned in June; an impressive ship-building feat especially considering that numerous other ships of her type were being built in the same period.
HMS Madagascar (1811) The first Royal Navy ship named HMS Madagascar was launched after 1811 and took part in the Peninsular War against France and the War of 1812 with the United States of America. In June 1814, the ship in a flotilla under the command of Admiral Lord Cochrane carried General William Miller and his troops from Bordeaux to the Chesapeake Bay to reinforce General Ross in the War of 1812.
HMS Magnanime (1780) HMS Magnanime was designed by Sir John Williams as a 64-gun, two decked ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was eventually cut down to a 44-gun, razee fifth-rate frigate and served as such for a number of years.
HMS Magnificent (1766) The HMS Magnificent built in 1766 was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, built to replenish and update the navy following the rigours of the Seven Years' War. She was a sound ship, and served through two wars before her untimely loss during blockade duty off the French coast.
HMS Maidstone (1937) HMS Maidstone was a submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy. Moored in Belfast harbour in the 1970s during the IRA campaign to act as a military base and as Her Majesty's Prison Maidstone (HMP Maidstone) for internees including Gerry Adams, some of whom managed an escape.
HMS Majestic (1895) HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and commissioned into the Channel Squadron in December 1895. In 1906 Majestic joined the Atlantic Fleet briefly before being relegated to reserve.
HMS Manchester There have been three warships to bear the name HMS Manchester in the Royal Navy from a small stores ship in the early 1800s to today's modern Type 42 destroyer. The current ship was named after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England, and retains close links with the city.
HMS Mariner (J380) HMS Mariner (J380) was an Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was built by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company (Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada), launched on 9 May 1944 and commissioned on 23 May 1944.
HMS Marlborough (1912) HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow.
HMS Matapan (D43) HMS Matapan (D43) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the Battle of Cape Matapan between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina, and which ended in a decisive victory for the RN force, resulting in the destruction of three cruisers and two destroyers of the Italian Navy and was a heavy blow to the Italians, coming only months after their battleship fleet had been mortally wounded at Taranto.
HMS Mersey (1814) The first HMS Mersey was a 'Conway' Class 26-gun Sixth-rate, launched in 1814. It was too late to see action in the Napoleonic War, though it nevertheless had a long and distinguished career that took it to Halifax Station in 1818, then joining the South American station in 1824 till its departure in 1827, when it was then deployed to the Caribbean station from that year until 1831.
HMS Mersey (1858) The second HMS Mersey was commissioned just six years after the first Mersey in 1858. Her and her sister ship HMS Orlando were the longest wooden warships built for the Royal Navy at 336 feet overall was nearly twice the size of HMS Victory, the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
HMS Mersey (1885) The third HMS Mersey was the name ship of her class of protected cruiser. They were relatively modern, in that they were the first cruisers that had discarded their sailing rigs in the design, that was synonymous with the old wooden warships, and were now solely steam powered warships.
HMS Mersey (1914) HMS Mersey was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for Brazil, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I along with her sister ships Humber and Severn.
HMS Meteorite In 1945, the British and American forces in Europe had captured a number of U-boats, among which were two prototypes of the Walter design that were built around an experimental engine fuelled by High test peroxide (HTP). One boat, U 1406, was handed over to the Americans, while the other, U 1407, was raised from where she had been scuttled at Cuxhaven and rebuilt by the British, being commissioned as HMS/m Meteorite.
HMS Minden HMS Minden was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, named after the German town Minden and the Battle of Minden of 1759, a decisive victory of British and Prussian forces over French in the Seven Years' War. The town is about 75km away from Hanover, where the House of Hanover comes from, the dynasty which ruled the United Kingdom from 1714 to 1901.
HMS Mohawk (F31) HMS Mohawk (L-31/F-31/G-31) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 16 July 1936, launched on 5 October 1937 and commissioned on 7 September 1938.
HMS Monmouth Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Monmouth, after the Welsh town; the name also recognises James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the "Black Duke", in whose honour the current ship flies a black flag from the mainmast.
HMS Monmouth (1667) The second HMS Monmouth was a 66-gun third-rate warship of the British Royal Navy, named for the town of Monmouth in Wales. She served from 1667 to 1767, winning ten battle honours over a century of active service.
HMS Montrose (D01) The first HMS Montrose was part of an eight ship class of destroyer leaders, or flotilla leaders, known as the Admiralty type leader. They were named after figures from Scottish history and were ordered under the Wartime Emergency Construction Programme.
HMS Montrose (F236) The second and current HMS Montrose (F236) is the eighth of a sixteen ship class of frigates, known as Type 23 or the Duke class, of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in November 1989 by Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde.
HMS Mounts Bay (K627) HMS Mounts Bay (K627), named after Mount's Bay, Cornwall, was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy. Launched in 1945, she has originally been laid down as the Loch-class vessel Loch Kilbirnie.
HMS Nabob (D77) HMS Nabob (D77) was a Bogue/Prince William-class escort aircraft carrier which served in the Royal Navy during 1943 and 1944. The ship was built in the United States as USS Edisto (CVE-41) (originally AVG-41 then later ACV-41) but did not serve with the United States Navy.
HMS Nancy HMS Nancy was a schooner built in Detroit, Michigan in 1789 It served as a British supply ship during the War of 1812 and sank near the Nottawasaga River in 1814 after being chased by American ships USS Niagara, USS Tigress, and USS Scorpion.
HMS Nelson (1881) HMS Nelson was a Nelson class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1876, commissioned in 1881, and sold for scrapping in 1910. She sailed for the Australia Station after commissioning, and served there until 1889.
HMS Neptune (1797) HMS Neptune (1797 at Deptford) was a 98-gun 2nd rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. Commanded by Captain Thomas Fremantle, she played an important role in the battle, stationed third in the weather line, behind the flagship Victory and the Temeraire.
HMS New Zealand (1911) HMS New Zealand was a warship built as a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand. As Britain was building up the strength of the Royal Navy at the start of the 20th century, the nations of the British Empire were invited to assist.
HMS Newcastle There have been eight ships that have borne the name HMS Newcastle in the Royal Navy, all serving her nation with distinction. Newcastle's motto is "Fortitudino Vinco" (I conquer through strength), and the current Newcastle is one of the original Type 42 destroyers.
HMS Norfolk (78) A long absence of a Norfolk in the Royal Navy was finally ended in the commissioning of County-class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (78), which displaced 10,035 tons. She was laid down in July 1927 at Govan by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.
HMS Ocean Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. But the name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships because, in 1759, the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Océan.
HMS Ocean (L12) The sixth HMS Ocean (L12) of the Royal Navy is a Landing Platform, Helicopter carrier, the only one in its class. It was built during the early part of the 1990s by Kvaerner Govan on the Clyde, taking advantage of commercial build methods and facilities, before sailing to Barrow-in-Furness for fitting out prior to acceptance into service with the Royal Navy.
HMS Onyx (S21) The HMS Onyx was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Navy. Originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy, Onyx was transferred to the Royal Navy whilst under construction at Cammel Laird shipbuilders in Birkenhead, England.
HMS Opal (1915) HMS Opal, was an Admiralty M class destroyer, which served in the First World War following her construction at Sunderland in 1915. Attached to the 12th Destroyer Flotilla based with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, the Opal had an eventful short life, which ended tragically in shipwreck when she was just two and a half years old.
HMS Orion (1787) HMS Orion was a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line built at Deptford in 1787 to the design of the Canada, by William Bately. She saw far more than her fair share of action, taking part in all the major actions of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars under a series of distinguished captains.
HMS Orion (1910) HMS Orion was a battleship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1910, the lead ship of her class and the first "super-dreadnought". In World War I she served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow and fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage.
HMS Orpheus (1773) The first Orpheus was a Modified Lowestoffe Class Fifth Rate frigate, ordered on 25 December 1770 as one of five Fifth Rate frigates of 32 guns each contained in the Emergency frigate-building programme inaugurated when the likelihood of war with Spain arose over the ownership of the Falkland Islands (eight Sixth Rate frigates of 28 guns each were ordered at the same time). Sir Thomas Slade's design for the Lowestoffe was approved, but was revised to produce a more rounded midships section; the amended design was approved on 3 January 1771 by Hawke's outgoing Admiralty Board, just before it was replaced.
HMS Orwell (1901) HMS Orwell was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901.
HMS Otranto HMS Otranto was a First World War Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser. She was originally the Steam Ship (SS) Otranto and was built in 1909 by the Belfast yard of Workman Clark for the Orient Steam Navigation Company.
HMS Pallas (1865) HMS Pallas was a purpose-built wooden-hulled ironclad designed as a private venture by Sir Edward Reed, and accepted by the Board of Admiralty because, as an economy measure, they wished to use up the stocks of seasoned timber held in the Woolwich dockyard. The fact that Woolwich was not equipped to build iron ships was also relevant.
HMS Palomares MV Palomares was built by Doxford and Sons, Sunderland yard in 1937 and sailed as a merchant fruit carrier ship (13.5 knot banana boat) for service on the MacAndrews Line in January 1938 with their Spanish service.
HMS Pandora (1779) HMS Pandora was a 24-gun frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Adams and Barnard at Deptford, and launched on 17 May 1779. She was deployed in North American waters during the American Revolutionary War but was 'in ordinary' (mothballed) from 1783.
HMS Patroller (D07) The USS Keweenaw (CVE-44) (previously AVG-44 then later ACV-44) was an escort aircraft carrier laid down as ACV-44 under Maritime Commission contract by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, 27 November 1942; launched 6 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
HMS Pegasus (1786) HMS Pegasus was a 28 gun frigate launched in 1786, commanded for its first two years of service by Prince William Henry (who later would ascend to the throne and become King William IV). Pegasus was largely assigned to patrol the east coast of Canada and Newfoundland, as well as the West Indies.
HMS Pegasus (1897) HMS Pegasus was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1893 under the Spencer Program and based on the earlier Pearl Class cruisers. The class were fitted with a variety of different boilers most of which were not entirely satisfactory by 1914 four ships had been withdrawn.
HMS Pelorus (1808) HMS Pelorus was a 385 ton, 18 gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, constructed in Itchenor, England and launched on June 25 1808. It took part in the Napoleonic Wars, primarily as a blockade ship in the waters around Guadaloupe.
HMS Pelorus (1857) HMS Pelorus was a 2,330 ton displacement, 21 gun corvette which was launched February 5, 1857 from the Devonport dockyard. It was captained at first by Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, then by Henry Boys, and later William Henry Haswell, until it was decommissioned in 1868.
HMS Pelorus (1896) HMS Pelorus was the first of the Pelorus class cruisers, laid down at Sheerness dockyard in 1896. Finished and commissioned in the Royal Navy on December 15 of the same year, it was designed by Sir William White.
HMS Pelorus (J291) HMS Pelorus (J291) was an Algerine-class minesweeper, built by Lobnitz of Renfrew, Scotland and launched on June 19, 1943. While equipped with minesweeping gear, she was primarily assigned to convoy escort duty in the Atlantic.
HMS Perseus (R51) HMS Perseus (R51) was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne on 1 January 1943, launched on 26 March 1944, and commissioned on 19 October 1945, thus missing World War II.
HMS Phaeton (1782) HMS Phaeton was a 38-gun, fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy most noted for its intrusion into Nagasaki harbour in 1808. The Phaeton was built in Liverpool in 1782 and was involved in numerous engagements during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
HMS Polychrest HMS Polychrest is a fictional naval vessel from Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels about the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The ship features in the second book in the series, Post Captain, and is a very unconventional sloop-of-war with sharp ends at both bow and stern, no tumblehome (inward curvature at the top of the hull), drop keels (similar to daggerboards on some modern sail boats), and the remnants of the launching system for an unsuccessful secret weapon (a giant rocket).
HMS Pomone (1805) HMS Pomone was a 38 gun fifth-rate ship of the British Royal Navy, which was wrecked off The Needles, part of the Isle of Wight, in 1811. The shipwreck site identified at The Needles contains the remains of two wrecks, thought to be the Assurance and the stern part of the Pomone.
HMS Porlock Bay (K650) HMS Porlock Bay (K650) was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was originally laid down as the Loch-class vessel Loch Muick, renamed to Loch Seaforth on the stocks and then completed as Porlock Bay.

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