James II and VII as a provocative capital-ship name

Which British monarch would make an interesting name for a new capital ship?

The choice is James II and VII because he commanded a fleet and won a naval battle before becoming king. The name is also intended to provoke because of his deposition and religious controversy.

James II and VII is selected for his experience commanding a fleet and winning a naval battle. His deposition and the religious conflict around his reign would make the choice deliberately provocative. Sluys enters as a qualification to the claim about royal naval victories, with the losses among French nobles compared with those at Crécy and Agincourt. It is described as less remembered than those land battles. A separate anecdote has Churchill proposing HMS Pitt and the king warning how sailors would alter the name. The exchange shows how a proposed ship name can acquire associations its sponsor did not intend.