HMS Churchill
One ship and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Churchill after Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II:
- HMS Churchill (I45) was launched in 1919 as the United States Navy Template:Sclass- USS Herndon. She served in the United States Coast Guard as CG-17 and was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Churchill in 1940. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy as Деятельный, Deyatelny (English: "active") and sunk in action in 1945.
- HMS Churchill (S46), launched in 1968, was the first of three Template:Sclass- nuclear fleet submarines. She was decommissioned in 1991.
Battle honours
- Atlantic 1941-44.[1]
See also
- HMCS Churchill, a Royal Canadian Navy shore establishment from 1950 to 1966.
- USS Winston S. Churchill, a destroyer in the United States Navy.
Notes
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