HMS Lion

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:

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Citations and references

Citations
  1. Hepper (1994), p. 27.
  2. Winfield (2007), p.367.
References
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