HMS Majestic
Four ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Majestic
, whilst another was planned:
HMS
Majestic
(1785)
was a 74-gun
third rate
launched in 1785,
razeed
into a 56-gun
fourth-rate
frigate
in 1814 and broken up in 1816 after a stranding.
HMS
Majestic
(1853)
was a screw-propelled 80-gun
second rate
launched in 1853 and broken up in 1868.
HMS
Majestic
was to have been a
Colossus
-class
battleship
. She was renamed
Edinburgh
two days before being launched in 1882, and was sold in 1910.
HMS
Majestic
(1895)
was
Majestic
-class
battleship launched in 1895 and sunk by
U-21
in 1915.
HMS
Majestic
(R77)
was a
Majestic
-class
aircraft carrier
launched in 1945. Work was suspended in 1946, she was later completed in 1955 and transferred to the
Royal Australian Navy
that year as
HMAS
Melbourne
. She was broken up in 1985.