HMS Queen
HMS Queen is the name of several ships in the British Navy .
- the first HMS Queen was built in 1225, her fate is unknown.
- the second HMS Queen was built as HMS Royal Charles in 1673 , renamed HMS Queen in 1693 , and again renamed HMS Royal George in 1715 .
- the third HMS Queen was built in 1769.
- the fourth HMS Queen was built in 1839.
- the fifth HMS Queen was a Formidable- class battleship , launched in 1902.
- the sixth HMS Queen , formerly USS St. Andrews , was an escort aircraft carrier built in 1943 and ceded to the Royal Navy in the same year. It was returned to the US Navy in 1946.
literature
- JJ Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy, The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present . Chatham Publishing, London 2006, ISBN 1-86176-281-X , pp. 282-283 .