Two ships of the British
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 ''Poictiers''. ''Poictiers'' is an alternative spelling for
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetà e'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
, and in this instance commemorates the
English victory there.
* The first was a 74-gun
third rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third r ...
launched in 1809. She participated in an action where she rescued by capturing in 1812. ''Poictiers'' was broken up in 1857.
* The second ''Poictiers'' was a 2,380-ton launched in April 1946, but broken up soon after.
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Royal Navy ship names