HMS Implacable

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Implacable:

• The first Implacable, launched in 1795 as the French ship Duguay-Trouin, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line. Captured by the British on 3 November 1805, she was renamed Implacable. She was scuttled in 1949, by then the second oldest ship of the Navy (after Victory).
• The second Implacable, launched in 1899, was a Formidable-class battleship. She served in World War I and fought at the Dardanelles.
• The third Implacable (R86), launched in 1942, was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers. She served in World War II and was broken up in 1954.

[edit] References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.