One ship and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Churchill after Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II:
- HMS Churchill (I45) was launched in 1919 as the United States Navy Clemson-class destroyer USS Herndon. She served in the United States Coast Guard as CG-17 and was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Churchill in 1940. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy as Деятельный (Russian: Deyatelny, "active") and sunk in action in 1945.
- HMS Churchill (S46), launched in 1968, was the first of three Churchill-class submarine nuclear fleet submarines. She was decommissioned in 1991.
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Famous quotes containing the word churchill:
“Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
They damn those authors whom they never read.”
—Charles Churchill (1731–1764)