HMS Speaker

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Speaker:

  • Speaker, a 50-gun Speaker-class frigate launched in 1650, renamed HMS Mary in 1660, rebuilt in 1688 and wrecked in 1703.
  • HMS Speaker (D90), a Bogue-class escort carrier launched in 1943 and sold for scrap in 1972.
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Famous quotes containing the word speaker:

    There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)