HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:

HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, launched in 1913 and scrapped in 1948
HMS Queen Elizabeth was to have been the first of the planned CVA-01 class carriers, but the class was never constructed
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is the first ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, launched in 2014 and fitting-out as of 2016

See also

HMS Elizabeth

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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