HMS Waterloo explained

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Waterloo, after the Battle of Waterloo. A third ship was planned but never completed:

• was an 80-gun third rate, built as HMS Talavera but renamed in 1817 and launched in 1818. She was renamed in 1824, reduced to harbour service in 1848 and sold in 1892.
• was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1833. She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859 and was renamed HMS Conqueror in 1862. She was lent to the Marine Society as a training ship and renamed Warspite in 1876. She was accidentally burnt in 1918.
• HMS Waterloo was to have been a . She was laid down in 1945 but cancelled later that year.