HMS Churchill
The name
HMS
Churchill
has been borne by two
Royal Navy
ships: a destroyer and a submarine.
HMS
Churchill
(I45)
was a
Town-class
destroyer
during World War II. It was named for
towns of that name
common to Britain and the United States.
HMS
Churchill
(S46)
was the first of three
Churchill
-class
nuclear-powered
fleet submarines
. Named for
Winston Churchill
(
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
during World War II), she was launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 1991.