Two ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have borne the name HMS ''Taurus'', after the
Greek for bull.
* was an , launched in 1917. She served in the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fig ...
and was broken up in 1920.
* was a
T-class submarine, launched in 1942. She served in the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
and survived it. She was transferred to the
Royal Netherlands Navy as ''Dolfijn'' in 1948, and returned to the Royal Navy in 1953 and broken up in 1960.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taurus
Royal Navy ship names