HMS Conqueror

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Nine vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror.

• The first Conqueror was an 8-gun fire ship captured from the French in 1745 and sold in 1748.
• The second Conqueror was a 68-gun third-rate launched in 1758 and wrecked off Plymouth two years later.
• The third Conqueror was a 74-gun third-rate launched 1773 and broken up in 1794.
• The fourth Conqueror was a 74-gun third-rate that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Launched 1801 and broken up in 1822.
• The fifth Conqueror was a screw-propelled 101-gun first-rate, launched in 1855 and wrecked in the West Indies, Rum Cay, Bahamas in 1861.
• The sixth Conqueror was laid down as the broadened Caledonia class 3-decker Waterloo in 1827, and cut down to a 2-decker and converted to steam in 1859, and was renamed Conqueror in 1862. In 1877 she was renamed Warspite and served as a training ship at Greenhithe/Woolwich. She was burnt in 1918.
• The seventh Conqueror was a battleship launched in 1881 and sold 1907.
• The eighth Conqueror was a battleship launched in 1911 and sold 1922.
• The next Conqueror was to have been a 42,500 ton Lion class battleship. Laid down 16 August 1939, construction was suspended in October and cancelled entirely the following year.
• The ninth Conqueror (S48) was a nuclear submarine launched in 1969, notable for service in the Falklands War as the only nuclear submarine ever to sink an enemy warship, and paid off in 1990.