HMS Ramillies

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ramillies after the Battle of Ramillies (23 May 1706):


 * HMS Ramillies was 82-gun second rate launched in 1664 as HMS Royal Katherine (1664). She was renamed HMS Ramillies in 1706, and was rebuilt between 1733 and 1741, before finally being wrecked in 1760.
 * HMS Ramillies (1763) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1763. She was damaged in a storm in 1782 and was subsequently burnt.
 * HMS Ramillies (1785) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1785. She was placed on harbour service in 1831 and was broken up in 1850.
 * HMS Ramillies (1892) was a Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1892 and scrapped in 1913.
 * HMS Ramillies (07) was a Revenge-class battleship launched in 1916. She was placed on harbour service from 1945 and was scrapped in 1948.
 * HMS Ramillies was to have been a Resolution-class submarine ordered in 1964, but cancelled in 1965.

Battle honours
Ships named Ramillies have earned the following battle honours:
 * Glorious First of June, 1794
 * Copenhagen, 1801
 * Spartivento, 1940
 * Mediterranean, 1940
 * Atlantic, 1941
 * Diego Suarez, 1942
 * Normandy, 1944
 * South France, 1944