HMS Indomitable
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Two warships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Indomitable:
was the first battlecruiser
in the world, beating sister ship by four months. She was launched in 1907 and scrapped in 1922. was an Illustrious-class
armoured fleet aircraft carrier
launched in 1940. She served in the Second World War and was scrapped in 1955.
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 Indomitable:
was the first battlecruiser
Battlecruiser
Battlecruisers were large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century. They were developed in the first decade of the century as the successor to the armoured cruiser, but their evolution was more closely linked to that of the dreadnought battleship...
in the world, beating sister ship by four months. She was launched in 1907 and scrapped in 1922. was an Illustrious-class
Illustrious class aircraft carrier
The Illustrious class was a class of aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that were some of the most important British warships in World War II...
armoured fleet aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier
An 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 1940. She served in the Second World War and was scrapped in 1955.
- HMS Indomitable was to have been an Invincible classInvincible class aircraft carrierThe Invincible class is a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the British Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed, , and . The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked...
aircraft carrier. She was renamed in 1978, before being launched in 1980. - In early drafts of Herman MelvilleHerman MelvilleHerman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd....
's novel Billy BuddBilly BuddBilly Budd is a short novel by Herman Melville.Billy Budd can also refer to:*Billy Budd , a 1962 film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov, based on Melville's novel...
, HMS Bellipotent was to have been named Indomitable.