Editing HMS President (section)

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Five ships and one [[shore establishment]] of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''President''''', after the office of [[president (disambiguation)|president]] meaning "one who presides over an assembly". In the case of the first two British ships, the name may have applied to the [[Lord President of the Council|Lord President]] of the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]].

This ship-name lapsed from 1660 to 1806, when it was revived by the capture of the {{ship|French frigate|Président}}, and then perpetuated by the 1815 capture of the American super-frigate {{USS|President|1800|6}}. These captures were commemorated by a new *{{HMS|President|1829|6}}, which survived from 1829 till 1903, and which passed the name to a series of ''President''s of which three survive to this day.

* English ship ''President'' (1646) was a 26-gun ship purchased in 1646, known as ''Old President'' after 1650, and sold in 1656.
* {{ship|English ship|President|1650}} was a 42-gun [[fourth rate]] ship launched in 1650, renamed ''Bonaventure'' in 1660, rebuilt 1666, and broken up 1711.
* HMS ''President'' (1806) was a 38-gun [[fifth rate]] ship, originally the [[France|French]] {{ship|French frigate|Président||2}}, captured in 1806, renamed ''Piedmontaise'' in 1815 and broken up in the same year.
* [[USS President (1800)|HMS ''President'' (1815)]] was a 44-gun fifth rate, originally the American frigate {{USS|President|1800|6}}, captured in 1815 and broken up June 1818.
* {{HMS|President|1829}} was a 52-gun [[fourth rate]] launched in 1829, used as a drill ship of the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] after 1862 and sold in 1903. She was briefly known as ''Old President'' for part of 1903.
* {{HMS|President|shore establishment}} is the home of the London Division of the [[Royal Naval Reserve]]. It has been a shore establishment near [[Tower Bridge]] overlooking the entrance to [[St Katharine Docks]] since 1988.  Ships that have been previously renamed HMS ''President'' whilst serving as the home of the London Division of the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] include:
** {{HMS|Gannet|1878|6}}, an {{sclass|Doterel|sloop|0}} [[screw sloop]], launched in 1878 and renamed HMS ''President'' in 1903.  She was sold in 1911, but survived to be displayed in [[Chatham Historic Dockyard]].
** {{HMS|Buzzard|1887|6}}, a {{sclass|Nymphe|sloop|0}} screw sloop launched in 1887 and renamed HMS ''President'' in 1911.  She was lent away in 1919 and sold in 1921.
** HMS ''Marjoram'', an {{sclass|Anchusa|sloop|0}} sloop was to have been the next HMS ''President'', but she was wrecked before she could be refitted.
** [[HMS President (1918)|HMS ''Saxifrage'']], an ''Anchusa''-class sloop launched in 1918 instead became HMS ''President'' in 1921, serving as such until 1988. She is now permanently berthed in the [[River Thames]] on the Victoria Embankment.