HMS Vanguard

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:

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Template:HMS was a 90-gun three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769.
Template:HMS was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1774.
Template:HMS was a 4-gun gunvessel captured in 1780, purchased in 1781 and sold in 1783.
Template:HMS was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1787. She became a prison ship in 1812, a powder hulk in 1814 and was broken up in 1821.
Template:HMS was a 78-gun third rate launched in 1835, renamed HMS Ajax in 1867, and broken up in 1875.
Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass ironclad battleship launched in 1869 and sunk in a collision with Template:HMS in 1875.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass battleship launched in 1909 and sunk in an explosion in 1917.
Template:HMS was a unique battleship, the only one of her class. She was launched in 1944 and broken up in 1960.
Template:HMS is a Template:Sclass ballistic missile submarine launched in 1992 and currently in service.

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