• Swiftsure, a galleon
  Galleon
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   launched in 1573, renamed Speedwell and rebuilt in 1607, and lost in 1624., a 42-gun great ship launched in 1621, and captured by the Dutch in 1666., a 70-gun ship built in 1673 and later renamed Revenge., a 70-gun third rate ship of the line
  Ship of the line
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   launched in 1750., a 74-gun third rate ship of the line
  Ship of the line
  A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
  
   launched in 1787, and captured by the French in 1801. Later recaptured by the Royal Navy in the Battle of Trafalgar
  Battle of Trafalgar
  The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
  
   and renamed HMS Irresistible., a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1804 which served at the Battle of Trafalgar and was sold in 1845., the lead ship
  Lead ship
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   of her class
  Swiftsure class battleship (1870)
  The Swiftsure class battleships of the late Victorian era were broadside ironclads designed and built specifically for service as Flagships on the Pacific station....
  
   of ironclad battleship
  Battleship
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  s, launched in 1870., the lead ship of her class
  Swiftsure class battleship
  The Swiftsure class was a class of two British pre-dreadnought battleships. Originally ordered by Chile, they were purchased by the United Kingdom prior to completion.-Background:...
  
   of pre-dreadnought battleships, launched in 1903. She served in the Mediterranean in World War I
  World War I
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   and was broken up in 1920., a Minotaur-class
  Minotaur class cruiser (1943)
  The Minotaur class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy, also known as the Swiftsure class, was designed as a modified version of the Crown Colony class incorporating war modifications and authorised in 1941, but, in spite of the heavy toll of cruisers in that year and the following one, the...
  
   light cruiser
  Light cruiser
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   launched in 1943. She served in the Far East in World War II
  World War II
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  ., the lead ship of her class
  Swiftsure class submarine
  The Swiftsure class were a class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines in service with the Royal Navy from the early 1970s until 2010....
  
   of submarine
  Submarine
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  s, launched in 1971. She was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to the pressure hull during trials.

Battle honours

• Armada 1588
• Cadiz 1592

• Santa Cruz 1657
• Lowestoft 1665, Four Days Fight 1666

• Schooneveldt 1673, Texel 1673
• Barfleur 1692
• Vigo 1702, Gibraltar 1704, Velez Malaga 1704

• Lagos 1759, Quiberon Bay 1759, Belle Ile 1761

• Nile 1798, Egypt 1801

• Trafalgar 1805

• Suez Canal 1915, Dardanelles 1915-16

• Okinawa 1945