Several ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have been named HMS ''Defence'':
* , launched in 1763, fought in many battles in the
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
, the
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars () were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted French First Republic, France against Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, Habsb ...
and the
Napoleonic Wars
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, conflict = Napoleonic Wars
, partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
, image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg
, caption = Left to right, top to bottom:Battl ...
.
* was a 74-gun ship of the line, built in 1815 and broken up in 1857.
* , launched in 1861, was an ironclad scrapped in 1935.
* , launched in 1907, was an armoured cruiser sunk at the
Battle of Jutland.
* ''Defence,'' a ''Minotaur''-class cruiser was launched in 1945 but work on her was suspended until 1954. In 1957 she was renamed .
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Royal Navy ship names