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

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