HMS Indomitable

Two warships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Indomitable:


 * HMS Indomitable (1907) was the first battlecruiser in the world, beating sister ship HMS Inflexible (1907) by four months. She was launched in 1907 and scrapped in 1922.
 * HMS Indomitable (92) was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier armoured fleet aircraft carrier launched in 1940. She served in the Second World War and was scrapped in 1955.
 * HMS Indomitable was to have been an Invincible-class aircraft carrier aircraft carrier. She was renamed HMS Ark Royal (R07) in 1978, before being launched in 1980.

Battle honours

 * Dogger Bank, 1915
 * Jutland, 1916
 * Malta Convoys 1942
 * Diego Suarez 1942
 * Sicily 1943
 * Palembang 1945
 * Okinawa 1945

In popular culture

 * In early drafts of Herman Melville's novel Billy Budd, HMS Bellipotent was to have been named Indomitable. This title was used in Benjamin Britten's adaptation of the novel as an opera.