HMS Victoria
Four vessels of the
British
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Victoria
in honour of
Queen Victoria
:
HMS
Victoria
(1839)
, a wooden paddle sloop launched in India in 1839 and sold in about 1864
HMS
Victoria
(1859)
, a first rate screw ship broken up in 1893
HMS
Victoria
(1864)
, a Coast Guard yawl, sold in 1905
HMS
Victoria
(1887)
, a
Victoria
-class battleship sunk in a collision with HMS
Camperdown
in 1893 in the Mediterranean with the loss of 358 lives.