HMS Swiftsure

The Royal Navy has had ten ships named Swiftsure since 1573, including:
 * ENGLISH SHIP Swiftsure, a galleon, renamed Speedwell and rebuilt in 1607, and lost in 1624.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1621), a 42-gun great ship captured by the Dutch in 1666.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1637), a warship involved a colonial admiralty lawsuit.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1673), a 70-gun ship later renamed Revenge.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1750), a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1787), a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line captured by the French in 1801. Later recaptured by the Royal Navy in the Battle of Trafalgar and renamed HMS Irresistible.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1804), a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1804 which served at the Battle of Trafalgar and was sold in 1845.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1870), the lead ship of her class of ironclad battleships.
 * HMS Swiftsure (1903), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She served in the Mediterranean in World War I and was broken up in 1920.
 * HMS Swiftsure (08), a Minotaur-class cruiser light cruiser that served in the Far East in World War II.
 * HMS Swiftsure (S126), the lead ship of her class of submarines. She was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to the pressure hull during trials.

Battle honours

 * Armada 1588
 * Cadiz 1596
 * Santa Cruz 1657
 * Lowestoft 1665
 * Four Days' Battle 1666
 * Schooneveld 1673
 * Texel 1673
 * Barfleur 1692
 * Vigo 1702
 * Gibraltar 1704
 * Velez Malaga 1704
 * Lagos 1759
 * Quiberon Bay 1759
 * Belle Isle 1761
 * Nile 1798
 * Egypt 1801
 * Trafalgar 1805
 * Suez Canal 1915
 * Dardanelles 1915–16
 * Okinawa 1945