• HMS President was a 26-gun ship purchased in 1646, known as Old President after 1650, and sold in 1656.
• HMS President was a 42-gun fourth-rate
  Fourth-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in...
  
   ship launched in 1650, renamed Bonaventure in 1660, rebuilt 1666, and broken up 1711.
• HMS President
  French frigate Président
  The Président was a 40-gun frigate of the Gloire Class in the French Navy, built to a 1802 design by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. She served with the French Navy from her completion in 1804 until late 1806 when the Royal Navy captured her...
  
   was a 38-gun fifth-rate
  Fifth-rate
  In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail, a fifth rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower.-Rating:...
  
  , originally the French
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   Président
  French frigate Président
  The Président was a 40-gun frigate of the Gloire Class in the French Navy, built to a 1802 design by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. She served with the French Navy from her completion in 1804 until late 1806 when the Royal Navy captured her...
  
  , captured in 1806, renamed Piedmontaise in 1815 and broken up the same year.
• HMS President
  USS President (1800)
  USS President was a nominally rated 44-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She was named by George Washington to reflect a principle of the United States Constitution. Forman Cheeseman was in charge of her construction, and she was launched in April 1800 from a...
  
   was a 44-gun fifth-rate
  Fifth-rate
  In Britain's Royal Navy during the classic age of fighting sail, a fifth rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchal system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower.-Rating:...
  
  , originally the American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   frigate USS President
  USS President (1800)
  USS President was a nominally rated 44-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She was named by George Washington to reflect a principle of the United States Constitution. Forman Cheeseman was in charge of her construction, and she was launched in April 1800 from a...
  
  , captured in 1815 and broken up June 1818.
• HMS President
  HMS President (1829)
  HMS President was ordered in May 1818 to be built as a 58-gun frigate to the exact lines of the previous President, captured from the Americans in January 1815; this prize ship was re-classed as a 60-gun fourth rate in February 1817 but was taken to pieces in June 1818...
  
   was a 52-gun fourth-rate
  Fourth-rate
  In the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in...
  
   launched in 1829, used as a drillship
  Drillship
  A drillship is a maritime vessel that has been fitted with drilling apparatus. It is most often used for exploratory offshore drilling of new oil or gas wells in deep water or for scientific drilling. The drillship can also be used as a platform to carry out well maintenance or completion work such...
  
   of the Royal Naval Reserve
  Royal Naval Reserve
  The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
  
   after 1862 and sold in 1903. She was briefly known as Old President for part of 1903.
• HMS President
  HMS President (shore establishment)
  HMS President is a stone frigate, or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve; on the northern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.-Present day:...
  
   is the home of the London Division of the Royal Naval Reserve
  Royal Naval Reserve
  The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
  
  . It has been a shore establishment near Tower Bridge
  Tower Bridge
  Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name...
  
   overlooking the entrance to St Katharine Docks
  St Katharine Docks
  St Katharine Docks, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, were one of the commercial docks serving London, on the north side of the river Thames just east of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge...
  
   since 1988. Ships that have been previously renamed HMS President whilst serving as the home of the London Division of the Royal Naval Reserve
  Royal Naval Reserve
  The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
  
   include:
  • HMS Gannet
    HMS Gannet (1878)
    HMS Gannet was a Royal Navy screw sloop launched on 31 August 1878. She became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then lent as a training ship for boys in the Hamble from 1913...
    
    , an screw sloop
    Screw sloop
    A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws...
    
    , launched in 1878 and renamed HMS President in 1903. She was sold in 1911.
  • HMS Buzzard
    HMS Buzzard (1887)
    HMS Buzzard was a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop and the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.-Design:Developed and constructed for the Royal Navy on a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, she was launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 10 May 1887.-Foreign...
    
    , a Nymphe-class
    Nymphe class sloop
    The Nymphe class was a class of four screw composite sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1885 and 1888. As built they were armed with four 4-inch guns and four 3-pounder guns.-Design:...
    
     screw sloop launched in 1887 and renamed HMS President in 1911. She was lent away in 1919 and sold in 1921.
  • HMS Marjoram, an Anchusa-class sloop was to have been the next HMS President, but she was wrecked before she could be refitted.
  • HMS Saxifrage
    HMS President (1918)
    HMS President, formerly HMS Saxifrage is an of the Royal Navy, completed in 1918. The vessel was built at the shipyard of Lobnitz & Company, Renfrew, Scotland as Yard Number 827....
    
    , an Anchusa-class sloop launched in 1918 instead became HMS President in 1921, serving as such until 1988. She is now permanently berthed in the River Thames
    River Thames
    The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...
    
     on the Victoria Embankment.

Battle honours

• Portland 1653
  Battle of Portland
  The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle took place during 28 February-2 March 1653 , during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp...
  
  
• Gabbard 1653
  Battle of the Gabbard
  The naval Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank, the Battle of the North Foreland or the second Battle of Nieuwpoort took place on 2–3 June 1653 according to the Old Style of Julian calendar then used in England during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard...
  
  
• Scheveningen 1653
  Battle of Scheveningen
  The Battle of Scheveningen was the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War...
  
  
• Java 1811
• San Sebastian 1813.

See also

• SS President
  SS President
  SS President was a British passenger liner that was the largest ship in the world when she was commissioned in 1840, and the first steamship to founder on the transatlantic run when she was lost at sea with all 136 on board in March 1841....
  
  , 19th century steamer
• President (steamboat)
  President (steamboat)
  President was a steamboat that currently lies dismantled in St. Elmo, Illinois. Originally named Cincinnati, it was built in 1924, and is the only remaining "Western Rivers" style sidewheel river excursion steamboat in the United States...
  
  , 20th century steamer
• French frigate Président
  French frigate Président
  The Président was a 40-gun frigate of the Gloire Class in the French Navy, built to a 1802 design by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. She served with the French Navy from her completion in 1804 until late 1806 when the Royal Navy captured her...