HMS Elizabeth
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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Elizabeth. Another ship has been named HMS Queen Elizabeth, whilst one was planned and another is currently under construction. Most have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth of England:
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 Elizabeth. Another ship has been named HMS Queen Elizabeth, whilst one was planned and another is currently under construction. Most have been named in honour of Queen Elizabeth of England:
- Elizabeth, also known as Great Elizabeth, was a ship purchased in 1514 and wrecked later that year. She had previously been the merchant Salvator.
- Elizabeth Jonas was a 56-gun galleonGalleonA galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with the demi-culverin type of cannon.-Etymology:...
launched in 1559. She was rebuilt in 1597-98. She was sold in 1618. - Elizabeth was a 16-gun vessel in service between 1577 and 1588. was a 38-gun frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
launched in 1647. She served during the Second Anglo-Dutch WarSecond Anglo-Dutch WarThe Second Anglo–Dutch War was part of a series of four Anglo–Dutch Wars fought between the English and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries for control over the seas and trade routes....
but was burnt by the Dutch in 1667. was a hoyHoy (boat)A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually displacing about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey. In 1495, one of the Paston Letters included the phrase, An hoye of Dorderycht , in such a way as to indicate that such contact was then...
purchased by the Royalists in 1648. She deserted to the Parliamentarians in 1649 and was sold in 1653. was a third-rateThird-rateIn the British 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 . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
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, 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 captured from the Spanish in 1805. She foundered in 1807. was a 12-gun schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
captured from the French in 1806. She capsized in 1814. was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1807. She served in the Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
and was broken up in 1820.