HMS Ramillies explained

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies (23 May 1706):

• HMS Ramillies was 82-gun second rate launched in 1664 as . She was renamed HMS Ramillies in 1706, and was rebuilt between 1733 and 1741, before finally being wrecked in 1760.
• was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1763. She was damaged in a storm in 1782 and was subsequently burnt.
• was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1785. She was placed on harbour service in 1831 and was broken up in 1850.
• was a launched in 1892 and scrapped in 1913.
• was a launched in 1916. She was placed on harbour service from 1945 and was scrapped in 1948.
• HMS Ramillies was to have been a ordered in 1964, but cancelled in 1965.

Battle honours

Ships named Ramillies have earned the following battle honours:

• Glorious First of June, 1794
• Copenhagen, 1801
• Spartivento, 1940
• Mediterranean, 1940
• Atlantic, 1941
• Diego Suarez, 1942
• Normandy, 1944
• South France, 1944