HMS Bulwark
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Bulwark, after the reference to the Navy as the 'bulwark' (defence) of the country:
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Bulwark, after the reference to the Navy as the 'bulwark' (defence) of the country:
- HMS Bulwark was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was ordered in 1778 but was cancelled in 1783. was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1807. She had previously planned to be called HMS Scipio, but was renamed in 1806 before being launched. She took part in the blockade of RochefortRochefort, Charente-MaritimeRochefort is a commune in southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary. It is a sub-prefecture of the Charente-Maritime department.-History:...
in 1813 and fought in the War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
. She was broken up in 1826. - HMS Bulwark was to have been an 81-gun screw propelled Bulwark classBulwark class battleship (1859)The Bulwark class were the final class of wooden line-of-battle ships laid down for the Royal Navy. They were laid down after . In March 1861 their construction was suspended, and seven were later converted to iron-clads...
second rate. She was laid down in 1859, but work was suspended in 1861, and she was eventually cancelled and broken up in 1873. - HMS Bulwark was previously the planned 110-gun first rate HMS HoweHMS Howe (1860)HMS Howe was built as a 121-gun screw first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She and her sister HMS Victoria were the first and only British three-decker ships of the line to be designed from the start for screw propulsion, but the Howe was never completed for sea service as she had...
. Already obsolete when launched, she was never fitted with all her guns and was renamed Bulwark in 1885 when she became a training ship. She was renamed HMS Impregnable in 1886, and then HMS Bulwark again in 1919. She was sold for breaking up in 1921. - HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (1899)HMS Bulwark belonged to a sub-class of the Formidable-class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy known as the London-class.-Technical description:...
was a Formidable-classFormidable class battleshipThe Royal Navy's Formidable class battleships was an eight-ship class of pre-dreadnoughts designed by Sir William White and built in the late 1890s...
battleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
launched in 1899 and blown up by accident in 1914. - HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (R08)The sixth HMS Bulwark of the Royal Navy was a 22,000 tonne Centaur-class light fleet aircraft carrier.-Construction:Bulwark was laid down by the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast on 10 May 1945...
was a Centaur-classCentaur class aircraft carrierThe Centaur class of aircraft carriers of the British Royal Navy was the last of the light fleet carrier designs started during the closing years of World War II.-Ships In Class:HMS Centaur...
light fleet carrierAircraft carrierAn aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
launched in 1948. She was completed as a commando carrier in 1960 and was broken up in 1984. - HMS BulwarkHMS Bulwark (L15)HMS Bulwark is an , the UK's newest class of amphibious assault warship and built in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. For numerous reasons, delays caused the delivery date to be put back, with the ship entering service in December 2004. Together with Albion, Ocean, and other amphibious ships, she...
is an Albion classAlbion class landing platform dockThe Albion class is a class of landing platform dock, and are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. The class consists of two vessels, and and they were ordered in 1996 under a programme known as LPD to replace the aging Fearless class...
amphibious assault shipAmphibious assault shipAn amphibious assault ship is a type of amphibious warfare ship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault...
launched in 2001 and currently in service.