Battle Honours
- Portland 1653
- Gabbard 1653
- Scheveningen 1653
- Lowestoft 1655
- Four Days Battle 1666
- Orfordness 1666
- Bugia 1671
- Barfleur 1692
- Toulon 1744
- Belleisle 1761
- Martinique 1762
- Havana 1762
- Egypt 1801
- Calder's Action 1805
- Baltic 1854-55
- Suez 1882
- Arctic 1944
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