HMS Royal Oak

HMS Royal Oak ( English for royal oak ) is the name of the following ships in the Royal Navy:

• Royal Oak (ship, 1664) , 76-gun ship 2nd rank, burned in 1667 in the battle on the Medway
• Royal Oak (ship, 1674) , 3rd rank 70-gun ship, demolished in 1764
• HMS Royal Oak (1769) , 74-gun ship 3rd rank, from 1796 prison ship, renamed Assistance in 1805 , demolished in 1815
• HMS Royal Oak (1809) , 74-gun ship 3rd rank, port ship from 1825, demolished in 1850
• HMS Royal Oak (1862) , armored frigate, demolished in 1885
• HMS Royal Oak (1892) , Royal Sovereign class ship of the line , demolished in 1914
• HMS Royal Oak (08) , Revenge- class battleship , built in 1914, sunk in Scapa Flow in 1939