HMS Britannia

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Several ships of the British Royal Navy were named Britannia or HMS Britannia after Britannia , an embodiment of Great Britain.

  • The first Britannia was a first class ship of the line with 100 guns, launched in 1682 and scrapped in 1715.
  • The second Britannia was again a first class ship of the line with 100 cannons, launched in 1719 and scrapped in 1749.
  • The third HMS Britannia was a first class ship of the line with 100 guns, which was launched in Portsmouth in 1762 and u. a. took part in the naval battles of Cape St. Vincent (1797) and Trafalgar (1805). In 1810 it was renamed HMS Princess Royal , in 1812 in HMS St. George and in 1819 in HMS Barfleur , and in 1825 it was scrapped.
  • The fourth HMS Britannia was an armed transport ship with 20 guns, which was purchased in 1781 and lost in 1782 by shipwreck.
  • The fifth HMS Britannia was a first-class ship of the line with 126 cannons, launched in 1820, used as a training ship from 1859 and scrapped in 1869.
  • The sixth HMS Britannia was originally called HMS Prince of Wales and was a 121-gun first class ship of the line launched in 1860. As it was already technically obsolete, it was named Britannia in 1869 and replaced the previous bearer of the name as a training ship. It was scrapped in 1916.
  • The seventh HMS Britannia was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the King Edward VII class , the 1904 was launched. It was on 9 November 1918, Cape Trafalgar by the German submarine SM UB 50 sunk and was the last ship loss of the Royal Navy in the First World War .

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