HMS Lion
Eighteen ships of the Royal British Navy have been named HMS Lion after the lion , the animal traditionally associated with courage, and which is also used in some heraldic motifs for England and the British monarchy .
- The first Lion was a 36-gun ship that was captured by the Scots in 1511 and sold in 1513.
- The second Lion was a 50-gun ship, weighing 160 tons, built in 1536 and on record until 1559.
- The third Lion was a Scottish ship that was captured in 1549 and lost off Harwich.
- The fourth Lion was originally the Golden Lion, which was refurbished 4 times, 1582, 1609, 1640 and 1658.
- The fifth Lion was a 6-gun ketch (coastal sailor) captured by the Dutch in 1665, sunk in 1673.
- The sixth Lion was a fifth class Algerian sailor captured in 1683 and sold in the same year.
- The seventh Lion was a 4-gun Hoy that was purchased in 1702 and appeared in the books until 1737.
- The eighth Lion was a third class 60-gun sailor, launched in 1709, overhauled in 1738 and sold in 1765.
- The ninth Lion was a transport ship, launched in 1753, sold in 1786.
- The tenth Lion was a cutter that was purchased in 1763 and sold in 1771.
- The eleventh Lion was an explorer in service between 1774 and 1785.
- The twelfth Lion was a third class 64-gun sailor, launched in 1777, and sold for cannon in 1837.
- The thirteenth Lion was a schooner that was purchased around 1781 and sold in 1785.
- The fourteenth Lion was a 4-gun vehicle, originally a Dutch Hoy, acquired in 1794, sold in 1795.
- The fifteenth Lion was a schooner that was in service between 1823 and 1826.
- The sixteenth Lion was an 80-gun, second class ship, launched in 1847, converted to screw drive in 1859, sold for cannibalization in 1905.
- The seventeenth Lion , launched in 1910, was the lead ship of the class of battlecruisers of the same name , Beatty's flagship in the naval battle on the Doggerbank and in the Skagerrakschlacht , sold in 1924.
- The eighteenth Lion would have become the lead ship of a class of four battleships , the construction of which was planned from 1939. Because of the outbreak of World War II, the plans were no longer implemented.
- The nineteenth Lion was a Tiger-class cruiser launched as HMS Defense in 1944 but not completed until 1960. It was placed in reserve in 1964 and scrapped in 1975.