Notable Ships Launched At The Dockyard
- 1512-14— Henri Grâce à Dieu (Great Harry); flagship of Henry VIII.
- 1608— Anne Royal - a rebuilding
- 1610— Prince Royal
- 1613— Defiance - a rebuilding
- 1615— Merhonour - a rebuilding
- 1616— Convertine - originally begun as the private warship Destiny for Sir Walter Raleigh
- 1617— Rainbow - a rebuilding
- 1631— Vanguard - a rebuilding
- 1637— Sovereign of the Seas; first-rate ship of the line, ordered by Charles I
- 1670— Saint Andrew; first-rate ship of the line
- 1751— Dolphin; circumnavigated the globe twice.
- 1756— HMS Royal George; first-rate ship of the line; her sinking in 1782 was one of the worst disasters in Royal Navy history - around 800 lives were lost.
- 1805— HMS Ocean; second-rate ship of the line, flagship of Lord Collingwood.
- 1809— HMS Macedonian; frigate captured by USS United States during the War of 1812.
- 1820— HMS Beagle; ship used on naturalist Charles Darwin's famous voyage.
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