Two 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 ''Lord Nelson'', after the
Vice-admiral Horatio Nelson, victor of the
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy and a combined fleet of the French Navy, French and Spanish Navy, Spanish navies during the War of the Third Coalition. As part of Na ...
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* was a storeship purchased in 1800 and sold in 1807.
* was a launched in 1906. She was sold in 1920 and was resold in 1921.
Battle Honours
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Dardanelles
The Dardanelles ( ; ; ), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in classical antiquity as the Hellespont ( ; ), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey th ...
1915−16
See also
* Ships named , four Royal Navy warships also named after Lord Nelson
* Hired armed cutter : three hired cutters named after Lord Nelson
* , an East Indiaman launched in 1799 and lost without trace in 1809
* , a sail training ship used by the British
Jubilee Sailing Trust
Jubilee Sailing Trust was a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which operated the purpose-built three-masted barques STS Lord Nelson, STS ''Lord Nelson'' and SV Tenacious, SV ''Tenacious'', both specifically designed for the physical ...
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Royal Navy ship names