Royal Oak (disambiguation)
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The Royal Oak was the tree in which Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651; the tree was located in Boscobel Wood.
In commemoration of the tree's significance in British history a number of places and things have been named after the Royal Oak:
- Places
- Royal Oak, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Royal Oak, County Carlow, a village in the Republic of Ireland
- Royal Oak, County Durham, in the United Kingdom
- Royal Oak, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom
- Royal Oak, Launceston, Tasmania, in Australia
- Royal Oak, Maryland, in the United States
- Royal Oak, Michigan, in the United States
- Royal Oak, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
- Royal Oak, Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom
- Royal Oaks, California, in the United States
- Warships
- Eight warships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, including the first battleship to be lost in the Second World War
- Other Uses
- In the United Kingdom The Royal Oak is a the third most common pub name (for example, Royal Oak, Meavy). Many of the pubs bear a sign featuring an image of an oak tree and crown.
- Royal Oak tube station, a tube (subway) station on the Hammersmith & City Line in London
- Royal Oak Station, a Vancouver SkyTrain station located on Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- The Royal Oak Foundation, a United States charitable body
- Swiss watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet has named a watch collection after the Royal Oak
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