- HMS Conqueror
Nine ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Conqueror", whilst another was planned:*HMS|Conqueror|1745|6 was an 8-gun
fireship captured from the French by HMS|Lowestoffe|1742|6 in 1745 and sold in 1748.
*HMS|Conqueror|1758|6 was a 68-gunthird-rate launched in 1758 and wrecked in 1760.
*HMS|Conqueror|1773|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1773 and broken up in 1794.
*HMS|Conqueror|1801|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1801 and broken up in 1822.
*HMS|Conqueror|1855|6 was a screw-propelled 101-gunfirst-rate , launched in 1855 and wrecked in 1861.
*HMS "Conqueror" was a 120-gun "Caledonia" class first rate launched in 1833 as HMS|Waterloo|1833|6. She was rearmed to 89 guns and converted to steam propulsion in 1859, and was renamed "Conqueror" in 1862. In 1877 she was renamed "Warspite" and served as a training ship at forthe Marine Society . She was burnt in 1918.
*HMS|Conqueror|1881|6 was a "Conqueror" classbattleship launched in 1881 and sold in 1907.
*HMS|Conqueror|1911|6 was am "Orion" class battleship launched in 1911 and sold in 1922.
*HMS "Conqueror" was to have been a "Lion" class battleship. She was laid down in 1939 but construction was suspended later that year, and she was cancelled entirely in 1945.
*HMS|Conqueror|S48|6 was a "Churchill" class nuclearsubmarine launched in 1969. The only nuclear submarine ever to sink an enemy warship, she was paid off and laid up in 1990.
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