HMS Victoria

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For other ships named Victoria see Victoria#Transport & Naval

Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Victoria in honour of Queen Victoria:

Victoria, was a wooden paddle sloop launched in India in 1839 and sold in about 1864.
Victoria, launched 1855, was an Australian wooden screw sloop later used as a survey ship.
Victoria, launched 1859 was a first rate screw ship broken up in 1893.
Victoria , launched 1864, was a Coast Guard yawl, sold in 1905.
Victoria , was a Victoria-class battleship sunk in a collision with HMS Camperdown in 1893 in the Mediterranean with the loss of 358 lives.

In 1854, the steam vessel Victoria was one of the ships transporting British troops to Turkey during the Crimean War. [link]

There have also been several United States Navy ships called USS Victoria, although they were named for geographic locations rather than the British monarch.

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