HMS Poictiers
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Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Poictiers.
- The first Poictiers was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1809, participated in an action where she rescued the HMS Frolic by capturing the USS Wasp commanded by Jacob Jones in 1812, and broken up in 1857.
- The second Poictiers was to have been a 2,380 ton destroyer; she was launched in April 1946 but broken up soon after.
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