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was a brig that had formerly been named ''Inconstant'', which Napoleon used to escape from Elba in. The Royal Navy has had ships named HMS ''Swiftsure'' since 1573, including: * English ship ''Swiftsure'' (1573), a galleon, renamed ''Speedwell'' and rebuilt in 1607, and lost in 1624. * , a 42-gun great ship captured by the Dutch in 1666. * , a 70-gun ship later renamed ''Revenge''. * , a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line. * , 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''. * , a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1804 which served at the Battle of Trafalgar and was sold in 1845. * , the lead ship of her class of ironclad battleships. * , 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. * , a ''Minotaur''-class light cruiser that served in the Far East in World War II. * , 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== (First) *Armada 1588 *Cadiz 1592 (Second) *Santa Cruz 1657 *Lowestoft 1665, Four Days Fight 1666 (Third) *Schooneveldt 1673, Texel 1673 *Barfleur 1692 *Vigo 1702, Gibraltar 1704, Velez Malaga 1704 (Fourth) *Lagos 1759, Quiberon Bay 1759, Belle Ile 1761 (Fifth) *Nile 1798, Egypt 1801 (Sixth) *Trafalgar 1805 (Eighth) *Suez Canal 1915, Dardanelles 1915-16 (Ninth) *Okinawa 1945 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Swiftsure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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