Two British
Royal Navy warships have been called HMS Lance after the
spear.
The first
HMS Lance (1914) was a
destroyer launched at
Thornycroft in 1914, and fired the first British shot of
World War I on 5 August 1914 when she intercepted the German minelayer Königin Luise.
The second
HMS Lance (G87) was an
L and M-class destroyer launched in 1940 and sunk by aircraft at Malta on 9 April 1942. She was salvaged and towed to Chatham but found on arrival to be beyond repair.
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Two British
Royal Navy warships have been called HMS Lance after the
spear.
The first
HMS Lance (1914) was a
destroyer launched at
Thornycroft in 1914, and fired the first British shot of
World War I on 5 August 1914 when she intercepted the German minelayer Königin Luise.
The second
HMS Lance (G87) was an
L and M-class destroyer launched in 1940 and sunk by aircraft at Malta on 9 April 1942. She was salvaged and towed to Chatham but found on arrival to be beyond repair.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.