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.

See also

• Victorious (disambiguation)
• HMS Victor
• HMS Victoria
• HMS Victory