Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
English ship Vanguard (1586) was a 31-gun galleon launched in 1586, rebuilt twice and was broken up in 1630, with some parts being reused in the next HMS Vanguard.
HMS Vanguard (1631) was a 56-gun second rate launched in 1631, active in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and scuttled in 1667.
HMS Vanguard (1678) was a 90-gun three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769.
HMS Vanguard (1748) was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1774.
HMS Vanguard (1780) was a 4-gun gunvessel captured in 1780, purchased in 1781 and sold in 1783.
HMS Vanguard (1787) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1787. She became a prison ship in 1812, a powder hulk in 1814 and was broken up in 1821.
HMS Vanguard (1835) was a 78-gun third rate launched in 1835, renamed HMS Ajax in 1867, and broken up in 1875.
HMS Vanguard (1869) was an Audacious-class ironclad battleship launched in 1869 and sunk in a collision with HMS Iron Duke in 1875.
HMS Vanguard (1909) was a St Vincent-class battleship launched in 1909 and sunk in an explosion in 1917.
HMS Vanguard (23) was a unique battleship, the only one of her class. She was launched in 1944 and broken up in 1960.
HMS Vanguard (S28) is a Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine launched in 1992 and currently in service.
the Royal Navy have borne the name HMSVanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement: English ship Vanguard (1586) was a 31-gun galleon launched...
Nile, HMSVanguard. Bogle chose this name after a dealer in antique prints left him a book about Great Britain's naval achievements that featured HMS Vanguard...
scrapped in 1957 and Vanguard followed in 1960. All other surviving British battleships had been sold or broken up by 1949. HMS Dreadnought was the first...
The submarines HMSVanguard of the Royal Navy and Le Triomphant of the French Navy collided in the Atlantic Ocean in the night between 3–4 February 2009...
and vessels operated by Serco Marine Services HMS Victory, Flagship of the First Sea Lord Vanguard (Vanguard class) Ambush (Astute class) Trenchant (Trafalgar...
service as INS Chakra in 2012. Two nuclear submarines, the Royal Navy's HMSVanguard and the French Navy's Triomphant, collided in February 2009. They were...
ship during World War II, with the last battleship to be launched being HMSVanguard in 1944. Four battleships were retained by the United States Navy until...
than it would for later generations. The name of the Standard Vanguard recalled HMSVanguard, the last of the Royal Navy's battleships, launched in 1944...
78-gun third rate launched in 1835 as HMSVanguard. She was renamed HMS Ajax in 1867 and was broken up in 1875. HMS Ajax (1880) was an Ajax-class ironclad...
and wrecked in 1783 HMS Superbe (1795) was a 22-gun sixth rate. She was previously a French ship, captured in 1795 by HMSVanguard and used as a prison...
following is a list of all the ships she named during her lifetime, from HMSVanguard to the Britannia. Princess Elizabeth launching the tanker ‘British Princess’...
royal yacht, for example the steamship Ophir in 1901 and the battleship HMSVanguard in 1947.[citation needed] Since 1998, following a successful national...
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