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Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

christened many ships throughout her reign, both naval, scientific, and passenger vessels. The following is a list of all the ships she named during her lifetime, from the HMS ''Vanguard'' to the ''Britannia''. File:Launch of the 'British Princess' (10817948104).jpg, Princess Elizabeth launching the tanker ‘British Princess’ built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Deptford, 30 April 1946. File:Princess Elizabeth in Sunderland (13942498858).jpg, Princess Elizabeth watching the tanker ‘British Princess’ sliding down the ways at the shipyard of Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Deptford, Sunderland, 30 April 1946 File:140704-D-NI589-703 (14550811296).jpg, HM Queen Elizabeth II attending the naming ceremony for new aircraft carrier HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' in 2014 File:P&O Cruises Britannia Naming Ceremony 10 March 2015 Her Majesty The Queen (16155731073).jpg, Queen Elizabeth attending the naming ceremony for P&O Cruises ''Britannia'' in Southampton, England in 2015

List of Ships

{, class="wikitable" , + , - ! colspan="7" , As Princess , - !Name !Image !Affiliation !Date Christened !Location Christened !Status !Notes , - , '' HMS Vanguard'' , HMS Vanguard (1946)

, Royal Navy , 30 November 1944 , John Brown and Company,

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, Scotland , Decommissioned, Scrapped, 1960 ,

Last battleship built for Britain

, - , ''British Princess'' , Launch of the 'British Princess' (13942498868)

, British Tanker Co. Ltd. , 30 April 1946 , Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Deptford , Scrapped in 1962 , , - , RMS ''Caronia'' , RMS Caronia (ca

Cunard White Star Line Cunard-White Star Line, Ltd, was a British shipping line which existed between 1934 and 1949. History The company was created to control the joint shipping assets of the Cunard Line and the White Star Line after both companies experienced fin ...

, 30 October 1947 , John Brown and Company,

, Scotland , Wrecked, Scrapped 1974 , , - ! colspan="7" , As Queen , - !Name !Image !Affiliation !Date Christened !Location Christened !Status !Notes , - , HMY ''Britannia'' , Royal Yacht Britannia - geograph

Royal Yacht A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often c ...

, 16 April 1953 , John Brown and Company,

, Scotland , Decommissioned in 1997, Museum ship in Leith- Edinburgh, Scotland , , - , SS ''Southern Cross'' , The passenger ship Southern Cross (3378424438)

Shaw Savill Line Shaw Savill Line of London was a shipping company set up to transport both produce and passengers between Great Britain and New Zealand.Prospectus ''The Times'' 11 November 1882 Robert Edward Shaw and Walter Savill (employees of Willis, Gann and ...

, 17 August 1954 , Harland & Wolff, Belfast , Scrapped 2003 , *First merchant ship christened by Queen Elizabeth II , - , RMS ''Empress of Britain'' , ,

Canadian Pacific Line CP Ships was a large Canadian shipping company established in the 19th century. From the late 1880s until after World War II, the company was Canada's largest operator of Atlantic and Pacific steamships. Many immigrants travelled on CP ships fr ...

, 22 June 1955 , Fairfield Shipbuilding in Govan,

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, Scrapped 2008 , , - , ''

Queen Elizabeth 2 ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' (''QE2'') is a retired British ocean liner converted into a floating hotel. Originally built for the Cunard Line, the ship, named as the second ship named ''Queen Elizabeth'', was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic ...

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QE2 outward bound from Southampton on the Solent 1970 - geograph

Cunard Line Cunard () is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. Since 2011, Cunard and its three ships have been registered in Hamilton, Berm ...

, 20 September 1967 , John Brown and Company,

, Scotland , Hotel Ship in Dubai , , - , HMS ''Invincible'' , HMS Invincible (R05)

, Royal Navy , 3 May 1977 , Vickers Shipbuilding Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England , Scrapped in 2011 , , - , HMS ''Lancaster'' , HMS Lancaster (9445625900)

, Royal Navy , 24 May 1990 , Yarrow Shipbuilders,

, In service , , - , RRS '' James Clark Ross'' , RRS James Clark Ross Rothera

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, 1st December 1990 ,

Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powe ...

in Wallsend, UK , In service , Sold in 2021 to National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine, renamed ''Noosfera'' , - , '' Oriana'' , Oriana 2006

, P&O Cruises , 6 April 1995 , Mayflower Terminal, Southampton, England , In service , , - , HMS ''Ocean'' , HMS Ocean IFOS2005, cropped

, Royal Navy , 11 October 1995 , Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Kværner (Govan) , Decommissioned 2018, sold to Brazilian Navy , , - , RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' , Queen Mary 2 at Southampton Terminal - geograph

Queen Mary 2 at Southampton Terminal - geograph

, 8 January 2004 , Queen Elizabeth II terminal, Southampton, England , In service , , - , ''

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, 10 October 2010 , Southampton, England , In service , , - , HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' , HMS Queen Elizabeth in Gibraltar - 2018 (28386226189)

, Royal Navy , 4 July 2014 , Rosyth dockyard near Edinburgh, Scotland , In service , , - , '' Britannia'' , MV Britannia La Rochelle-c

, P&O Cruises , 10 March 2015 , Southampton, England{{Cite web , title=Photo tour: Ship christenings with Queen Elizabeth II , url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/cruises/2015/09/10/photo-tour-ship-christenings-with-queen-elizabeth-ii/71992460/ , access-date=2022-11-23 , website=www.usatoday.com , language=en , In service ,

Film Links

HMS ''Vanguard'' naming & launching (1944)

''British Princess'' tanker christening (1946)

''Caronia'' naming ceremony & launching (1947)

''Britannia'' christening & launching (1953)

''Southern Cross'' christening & launching (1954)

''Empress of Britain'' christening & launching (1955)

''QE2'' christening & launching (1967)

''Oriana'' christening (1995)

''Queen Elizabeth'' naming ceremony (2010)

''HMS Queen Elizabeth'' naming ceremony (2014)
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