HMS Triumph

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph:

• Triumph, a 60-gun English galleon built in Deptford in 1561-62
• Triumph, launched in 1623 at Deptford, a 42 gun ship of the second rank she latter carried 60 guns. She fought at most of the battles of the Anglo-Dutch wars. Sold in 1688.
• Triumph, a 90-gun second rate ship of the line launched in 1698 and renamed HMS Prince in 1714. Broken up in 1773.
• Triumph, launched in 1764, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line built at Woolwich. It was on this vessel that captain's servant, Horatio Nelson, later Vice Admiral Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe KB, RN, hero of Trafalgar, learned the duties of common seaman in 1771, at age 13. Triumph participated in the American Revolution and was involved in the Battle of Camperdown under the command of Captain W. Essington. She was broken up in the early 1800s.
• Triumph, launched in 1870, was a Swiftsure-class battleship. It was assigned to the opening ceremonies of the Canadian Pacific Railway's new railhead and steamship terminal in 1886, when Fenian raids from neighbouring Washington State were anticipated.
• Triumph, launched in 1903, was a pre-Dreadnought battleship of another Swiftsure class. She served in World War I, and was sunk by U-21 in 1915, with the loss of 73 men.
• Triumph (N18), launched in 1938, was a T-class submarine.
• Triumph (R16), launched in 1944, was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier. She served in the Korean War and was converted to a "heavy repair ship" and finally scrapped in 1981.
• Triumph (S93), launched in 1990, is a Trafalgar-class fleet submarine. She served in Operation Veritas, the war on Afghanistan.