HMS Royal George

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover. A ninth was renamed before being launched:


 * HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line launched as HMS Royal James (1675) in 1675. She was renamed HMS Victory in 1691, HMS Royal George in 1714 and HMS Victory again in 1715.
 * HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first rate launched as HMS Royal Charles (1673) in 1673 and renamed HMS Queen in 1693, HMS Royal George in 1715 and HMS Royal Anne in 1756.
 * HMS Royal George (1756) was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1756. She served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence and sank at Spithead in 1782.
 * HMS Royal George (1776) was a 20-gun sloop listed as serving on the Canadian lakes in 1776.
 * HMS Royal George (1788) was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1788 and broken up in 1822.
 * HMS Royal George (1809) was a 20-gun sloop launched in 1809. She served on the Canadian lakes in the War of 1812, was renamed HMS Niagara in 1814 and was sold in 1837.
 * HMY Royal George was a yacht launched in 1817 and broken up in 1905.
 * HMS Royal George (1827) was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1827, fitted with screw propulsion in 1853 and sold in 1875.
 * HMS Royal George was to have been a battleship, but she was renamed HMS King George V (1911) before she was launched in 1911.