Royal William

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"Royal William" can refer to

  • the Royal William, a 32 gun 5th rate Ship of the line of the Royal Scottish Navy, renamed HMS Edinburgh in 1707 following the Act of Union, sunk in 1709
  • the HMS Royal William, launched 1719 and broken up in 1831, whose model is displayed in the Tamkang University Maritime Museum
  • HMS Royal William (1833), launched 1833 and burnt in 1899
  • the SS Royal William, Canadian ship launched in 1831 and the first ship that crossed the Atlantic Ocean almost continually under steam power 1833. (Later sold to the Spanish Navy)
  • Royal William (rose), a glorious red hybrid tea rose, registered in 1984 by the major German rose firm Wilhelm Kordes