Five 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 ...
have been named HMS ''Blenheim'', after the
Battle of Blenheim in 1704. The name was chosen for a sixth ship, but was not used.
*
HMS ''Blenheim'' was a 90-gun
second rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a second-rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th-century second rates had fewer guns ...
launched in 1679 as . She was renamed HMS ''Princess Anne'' in 1701, HMS ''Windsor Castle'' in 1702, and HMS ''Blenheim'' in 1706. She was broken up in 1763.
* was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1761, reduced to a
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 ...
in 1800 and wrecked in 1807.
*HMS ''Blenheim'' was the name the Navy initially selected for the Danish , captured in 1807, but the name was not used.
* 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 ...
launched in 1813. She was reduced to harbour service in 1831, converted to screw propulsion in 1847 and was broken up in 1865.
* was a
armoured cruiser launched in 1890, used as a
depot ship
A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small ships with similarly limited space for maintenance equipment and crew dining, berthing and ...
from 1907 and scrapped in 1926.
* was a depot ship, previously SS ''Achilles''. She was purchased in 1940 and scrapped in 1948.
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Royal Navy ship names