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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Howe, after Admiral Richard Howe:

• HMS Howe (1805) was the ex-Indian merchantman Kaikusroo; renamed to Dromedary in 1806 and sold in Bermuda in 1864 after many years service as a prison hulk.
• HMS Howe (1815) was a 120 gun ship of the line, built in 1815 and broken up in 1854.
• HMS Howe (1860), launched 1860, was a 121-gun steam line-of-battle ship, renamed Bulwark, and then renamed Impregnable in 1886.
• HMS Howe (1885), launched 1885, was an Admiral-class battleship.
• HMS Howe (1916), a proposed Admiral-class battlecruiser, was laid down in 1916 and cancelled in 1917.
• HMS Howe (32), launched 1940, was a King George V-class battleship.

Battle honours

Ships named Howe have earned the following battle honours:

• Arctic, 1942−43
• Sicily, 1943
• Okinawa, 1945

See also

• HM hired armed ship Howe, a hired armed vessel wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight in March 1780.

Note

1. In the Royal Navy, and other Commonwealth navies that follow the traditions of the RN, battle honours awarded to a ship are inherited by subsequent ships to bear the same name, and are displayed on the ship's honours board.

References

1. "Battle Honours of RN ships & Naval Air Squadrons". Royal Navy Research Archive.
2. "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1148): 78 v. 24 March 1780.

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