HMS Victorious

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victorious.

HMS Victorious (1785), launched at Blackwall Yard, London, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line
HMS Victorious (1808), launched at Bucklers Hard, was a 74-gun third rate
HMS Victorious (1895) was a Majestic-class battleship. She had a quiet career, spending World War I as a dockyard repair ship before being broken up in 1923.
HMS Victorious (R38), an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1939. She saw much action in World War II. She was scrapped in 1969.
HMS Victorious (S29), launched in 1993, is a Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine

Other ships

The Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Prince George (1895) was briefly named HMS Victorious II in 1918–1919 before reverting to her original name.

Battle honours

Ships named Victorious have earned the following battle honours:

Rivoli, 1812
Bismarck, 1941
Arctic, 1941–42
Norway, 1941–44
Biscay, 1942
Malta Convoys, 1942
North Africa, 1942
Sabang, 1944
East Indies, 1944–45
Palembang, 1945
Okinawa, 1945
Japan, 1945

See also

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.