HMS Elephant
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Three ships of the British Royal Navy
have been named HMS Elephant, after the elephant
. Two other ships were originally given that name, but were subsequently changed.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Elephant, after the elephant
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
. Two other ships were originally given that name, but were subsequently changed.
- HMS Elephant (1705) - the first such named ship was a captured French store-ship purchased in 1705 and hulked 1709.
- HMS Elephant (1776) - a 10-gun storeship purchased 1776 and sold 1779.
- HMS Elephant (1786)HMS Elephant (1786)HMS Elephant was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by George Parsons in Bursledon, Hampshire, and launched on 24 August 1786....
- a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1786, reduced to a 58-gun fourth-rate in 1818, and broken up in 1830.
- HMS Minotaur (1863)HMS Minotaur (1863)HMS Minotaur was the lead ship of the armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. They were the longest single-screw warships ever built. Minotaur took nearly four years between her launching and commissioning because she was used for evaluations of her armament and different...
, lead ship in her class of broadside ironclad warships and known as Elephant during construction.
- HMS Hermes (R12)HMS Hermes (R12)HMS Hermes was a Centaur-class British aircraft carrier, the last of the postwar conventional aircraft carriers commissioned into the Royal Navy.-Construction and modifications:...
- aircraft carrier laid down in 1945 as HMS Elephant. Ship renamed Hermes before completion.