HMS Indomitable

HMS Indomitable

Two warships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Indomitable":

*HMS "Indomitable" was the first battlecruiser in the world, beating her sister-ship HMS "Inflexible" by four months. She was launched in 1907 and scrapped in 1922.
*HMS "Indomitable" was an "Illustrious"-class armoured fleet aircraft carrier launched in 1940. She served in the Second World War and was scrapped in 1955.
*HMS "Indomitable" was to have been an "Invincible" class aircraft carrier. She was renamed HMS "Ark Royal" in 1978, before being launched in 1980.

In early drafts of Herman Melville's novel "Billy Budd", HMS "Bellipotent" was to have been named "Indomitable".


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