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HMS Vanguard (23)
Fast battleship of the Royal Navy, built with reused 15-inch turrets.
Also: HMS Vanguard 23, HMS Vanguard 1944, HMS Vanguard 1946HMS Vanguard 1678
90-gun second-rate ship of the Royal Navy, later renamed Duke.
HMS Vanoc
Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Vanquisher
Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Vega
Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Venerable
Culloden-class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Vengeance
Royal Oak-class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Venturer
HMS Vernon
HMS Veronica
Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy, later serving in New Zealand.
HMS Vetch
Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy.
HMS Victoria
Victoria-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
HMS Victoria 1859
121-gun screw first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Victorious
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.
Also: VictoriousHMS Victorious R38
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.
HMS Victory
HMS Victory 1744
HMS Victory 1765
104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Vidal
Purpose-built hydrographic survey ship of the Royal Navy, designed to operate a helicopter.
HMS Viking
Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, uniquely built with six funnels.
HMS Ville De Paris
Unique 110-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Vindictive
Hawkins-class cruiser converted into an aircraft carrier and later a depot ship.
HMS Viper
Viper-class torpedo-boat destroyer of the Royal Navy, pioneering steam-turbine propulsion.
HMS Wakeful
Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Walker
Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Wallace
Shakespeare-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy, later converted to a WAIR escort.
HMS Walney
Banff-class sloop of the Royal Navy, formerly the US Coast Guard cutter Sebago.
HMS Warrior (1860)
Also: armoured frigate Warrior, Portsmouth Warrior, Warrior 1860HMS Warspite
Also: WarspiteHMS Warspite 1884
Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy.
HMS Weasel
16-gun ship-sloop of the Royal Navy.
HMS Wellesley
Black Prince-class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
HMS Wellington
Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Navy, preserved on the Thames.
HMS Welshman
Abdiel-class fast minelayer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Westcott
Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Westminster
Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Weymouth
Weymouth-subclass Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy.
HMS Whelp
W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, later South African destroyer Simon van der Stel.
HMS Whimbrel
Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, later the Egyptian Tariq.
HMS Whitby
Whitby-class Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Whitehall
Admiralty Modified W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Wild Goose
Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.
HMS Wilton
Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the Royal Navy.
HMS Winchester
Southampton-class 60-gun sailing frigate of the Royal Navy.
HMS Wisteria
Arabis-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy.
HMS Woodcock 1885
Fishery-protection vessel of the Royal Navy, renamed HMS Jackal in 1886.
HMS Woodpecker
Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.