HMS Splendid
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Splendid.
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 been named HMS Splendid.
- The first Splendid was listed in 1597, with an unknown fate.
- The second Splendid was an S class destroyer, launched in 1918, and sold in 1931.
- The third SplendidHMS Splendid (P228)HMS Splendid was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on January 13 1942.-Career:...
was a submarine of the S class, launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943 by a German destroyer. - The fourth SplendidHMS Splendid (S106)HMS Splendid was a Royal Navy nuclear powered fleet submarine of the Swiftsure class. HMS Splendid was launched at Barrow on 5 October 1979, by Lady Ann Eberle, wife of Admiral Sir James Eberle, then Commander-in-Chief Fleet...
was a Swiftsure-class nuclear powered hunter killer submarine.