Eleven
ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
English ship Vanguard (1586) was a 31-gun
galleon launched in 1586, rebuilt twice and was broken up in 1630, with some parts being reused in the next HMS Vanguard.
HMS Vanguard (1678) was a 90-gun
three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769.
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.
Eleven
ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
English ship Vanguard (1586) was a 31-gun
galleon launched in 1586, rebuilt twice and was broken up in 1630, with some parts being reused in the next HMS Vanguard.
HMS Vanguard (1678) was a 90-gun
three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769.
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.