Twelve ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Elizabeth''. Most of these ships have been named in honour of
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
Eliz ...
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* , also known as ''Great Elizabeth'', was a ship purchased in 1514 and wrecked later that year. She had previously been the merchant ''Salvator''.
* was a large 56-gun
galleon
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launched in 1559. She was rebuilt in 1597-98. She was sold in 1618.
* was a 16-gun vessel in service between 1577 and 1588.
* was a 38-gun
frigate launched in 1647. She served during the
Second Anglo-Dutch War
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but was burnt by the Dutch in 1667.
* was a
hoy
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purchased by the
Royalists
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in 1648. She deserted to the
Parliamentarians in 1649 and was sold in 1653.
* was a
third-rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third ...
ship of the line
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launched in 1679. She was rebuilt in 1704, but captured by the French later that year.
* was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1706. She was rebuilt to carry 64 guns in 1737 and was broken up by 1766.
* was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1769. She served in the
American War of Independence and the
French Revolutionary War
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, and was broken up in 1797.
* was a 3-gun gunvessel purchased in 1795 and in service until at least 1801.
* was a 10-gun
cutter
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captured from the Spanish in 1805. She foundered in 1807.
* was a 14-gun
schooner
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that captured from the French in 1805. Around 1812 the Navy enlarged and converted her to brig. ''Elizabeth'' capsized in 1814.
* was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1807. She served in the
Napoleonic Wars
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and was broken up in 1820.
* ''Elizabeth'', cutter; 7 January 1812 whilst cruising off Plymouth discovered ''Deux Freres'', from
Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...
, which had recently captured, and brought ''Deux Freres'' into port.
See also
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References
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Royal Navy ship names