HMS Royal George
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover. A ninth was renamed before being launched:
- HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line launched as HMS Royal James in 1675. She was renamed HMS Victory in 1691, HMS Royal George in 1714 and HMS Victory again in 1715.
- HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate launched as Royal Charles in 1673 and renamed HMS Queen in 1693, HMS Royal George in 1715 and HMS Royal Anne in 1756.
- HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1756. She served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence and sank at Spithead in 1782.
- HMS Royal George was a 20-gun sloop listed as serving on the Canadian lakes in 1776.
- HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1788 and broken up in 1822.
- HMS Royal George was a 20-gun sloop launched in 1809. She served on the Canadian lakes in the War of 1812, was renamed HMS Niagara in 1814 and was sold in 1837.
- HMY Royal George was a yacht launched in 1817 and broken up in 1905.
- HMS Royal George was a 120-gun first-rate launched in 1827, fitted with screw propulsion in 1853 and sold in 1875.
- HMS Royal George was to have been a battleship, but she was renamed HMS King George V before she was launched in 1911.
See also
- The Royal George, Timothy Hackworth's steam locomotive of 1828
- Royal George, Tasmania
- Six vessels serving the British East India Company also bore the name Royal George
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