Two ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have been named HMS ''Lord Nelson'', after the
Vice-admiral Horatio Nelson, victor of the
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...
:
* was a storeship purchased in 1800 and sold in 1807.
* was a launched in 1906. She was sold in 1920 and was resold in 1921.
Battle Honours
*
Dardanelles 1915−16
See also
* Ships named , four Royal Navy warships also named after Lord Nelson
* Hired armed cutter : three hired cutters named after Lord Nelson
* , an East Indiaman launched in 1799 and lost without trace in 1809
* , a sail training ship used by the British
Jubilee Sailing Trust
Jubilee Sailing Trust is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which owns and until 2019 operated two square-rigged three-masted barques, the STS ''Lord Nelson'' and the SV ''Tenacious''.
Aims
The Jubilee Sailing Trust, based in So ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lord Nelson, Hms
Royal Navy ship names