HMS Triumph
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph:
- Triumph, launched in 1764, was a 74-gun third-rate ship-of-the-line built at Woolwich. It was on this vessel that captain's servant, Horatio Nelson, later Vice Admiral Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe KB, RN, hero of Trafalgar, learned the duties of common seaman in 1771, at age 13. Triumph participated in the American Revolution and was involved in the Battle of Camperdown under the command of Captain W. Essington. She was broken up in the early 1800s.
- Triumph, launched in 1870, was a Swiftsure-class battleship.
- Triumph, launched in 1903, was a pre-Dreadnought battleship of another Swiftsure class. She served in World War I, and was sunk by U-21 in 1915, with the loss of 73 men.
- Triumph (N18), launched in 1938, was a T-class submarine.
- Triumph (R16), launched in 1944, was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier. She served in the Korean War and was converted to a "heavy repair ship" and finally scrapped in 1981.
- Triumph (S93), launched in 1990, is a Trafalgar-class fleet submarine. She served in Operation Veritas, the war on Afghanistan.