Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal George after various members of the House of Hanover. A ninth was renamed before being launched:
- HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line launched as HMS Royal James in 1675. She was renamed HMS Victory in 1691, HMS Royal George in 1714 and HMS Victory again in 1715.
- HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first rate launched as Royal Charles in 1673 and renamed HMS Queen in 1693, HMS Royal George in 1715 and HMS Royal Anne in 1756.
- HMS Royal George (1756) was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1756. She served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence and sank at Spithead in 1782.
- HMS Royal George (1776) was a 20-gun sloop listed as serving on the Canadian lakes in 1776.
- HMS Royal George (1788) was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1788 and broken up in 1822.
- HMS Royal George (1809) was a 20-gun sloop launched in 1809. She served on the Canadian lakes in the War of 1812, was renamed HMS Niagara in 1814 and was sold in 1837.
- HMY Royal George was a yacht launched in 1817 and broken up in 1905.
- HMS Royal George (1827) was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1827, fitted with screw propulsion in 1853 and sold in 1875.
- HMS Royal George was to have been a battleship, but she was renamed HMS King George V before she was launched in 1911.
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References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.