HMS Valiant

Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Valiant.


 * HMS Valiant (1755), a schooner launched at Oswego, New York, Thirteen Colonies and captured by the French in 1756.
 * HMS Valiant (1759), launched in 1759 at Chatham, was a third-rate ship of the line of 74 guns.
 * HMS Valiant (1807), launched in 1807, was a Repulse-class ship of the line third-rate.
 * HMS Valiant was ordered in June 1825 as another third-rate, but was cancelled in February 1831.
 * HMS Valiant (1863), launched in 1863, was a Hector-class ironclad ironclad battleship, scrapped in 1957.
 * HMS Valiant (1914), launched in 1914, was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that served in World War I and World War II.
 * HMS Valiant (S102), launched in 1963, was a nuclear-powered submarine, the lead boat of her class. She was paid off in 1994.
 * HMS Valiant will be the second boat of the Dreadnought-class submarine class.

Battle honours

 * Belle Isle, 1761
 * Havana, 1762
 * Ushant, 1781
 * The Saints, 1782
 * First of June, 1794
 * Basque Roads, 1809
 * Jutland, 1916
 * Norway, 1940
 * Mediterranean, 1940−43
 * Matapan, 1941
 * Crete, 1941
 * Malta Convoys, 1941
 * Sicily, 1943
 * Salerno, 1943
 * Sabang, 1944
 * Falklands, 1982