HMS Queen Elizabeth
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HMS Queen Elizabeth could refer to one of three ships named in honour of Elizabeth I of England:
- HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of battleships, launched in 1913 and scrapped in 1948.
- HMS Queen Elizabeth was to have been the first of the planned CVA-01 class carriers, but the class was never constructed.
- HMS Queen Elizabeth will be the first ship of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, and which is currently under construction.
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- 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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