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 ''Trafalgar'', after 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 ...
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* was a 106-gun
first rate
In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at ...
launched in 1820. She was renamed HMS ''Camperdown'' in 1825, was used for harbour service from 1854 and became a coal hulk in 1857. She was renamed HMS ''Pitt'' in 1882 and was sold in 1906.
* was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1841. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1859, and was renamed HMS ''Boscawen'' in 1873. She was sold in 1906.
* was a launched in 1887 and sold in 1911.
* was a launched in 1944 and sold in 1970.
* is a launched in 1981 and decommissioned in 2009.
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Royal Navy ship names