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Earlier Royal Navy ships named Churchill

A nuclear submarine and a wartime destroyer supply historical exceptions to the naming discussion.

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Question

Wasn't there an HMS Churchill in the Royal Navy?

Short answer

Yes: a nuclear submarine and a Second World War Town-class destroyer both bore the name.

Notes

A nuclear submarine and a Second World War Town-class destroyer both carried the name HMS Churchill. Those earlier vessels correct the impression that the Royal Navy had never used the name. They qualify the earlier discussion of contemporary naming preferences.