HMS Howe explained

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Howe, after Admiral Richard Howe:

• was the ex-Indian merchantman Kaikusroo; renamed to Dromedary in 1806 and sold in Bermuda in 1864 after many years service as a prison hulk.
• was a 120 gun ship of the line, built in 1815 and broken up in 1854.
• , launched 1860, was a 121-gun steam line-of-battle ship, renamed Bulwark, and then renamed Impregnable in 1886.
• , launched 1885, was an .
• , a proposed, was laid down in 1916 and cancelled in 1917.
• , launched 1940, was a battleship.

Battle honours

Ships named Howe have earned the following battle honours:

• Arctic, 1942−43
• Sicily, 1943
• Okinawa, 1945

See also

• , a hired armed vessel wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Wight in March 1780.^[1]

Notes and References

1. The Marine List . New Lloyd's List . 1148 . 24 March 1780 . 78 v .