Editing HMS Valiant

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Seven vessels of the British [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Valiant'''''.

* {{HMS|Valiant|1755}}, a [[schooner]] launched at [[Oswego, New York]], [[Thirteen Colonies]] and captured by the French in 1756.<ref name=Threedecks>{{cite web |url=https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13792 |title=British schooner 'Valiant' (1755) |publisher=Threedecks |accessdate=15 August 2021 }}</ref>
* {{HMS|Valiant|1759}}, launched in 1759 at [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]], was a [[third-rate]] [[ship of the line]] of 74 guns.
* {{HMS|Valiant|1807}}, launched in 1807, was a {{sclass|Repulse|ship of the line|0}} [[third-rate]].
* HMS ''Valiant'' was ordered in June 1825 as another [[third-rate]], but was cancelled in February 1831.
* {{HMS|Valiant|1863}}, launched in 1863, was a {{sclass|Hector|ironclad|0}} ironclad battleship, scrapped in 1957.
* {{HMS|Valiant|1914}}, launched in 1914, was a {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|battleship|2}} that served in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].
* {{HMS|Valiant|S102}}, launched in 1963, was a [[nuclear-powered]] [[submarine]], the lead boat of [[Valiant-class submarine|her class]]. She was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] in 1994.
* HMS ''Valiant'' will be the second boat of the {{sclass|Dreadnought|submarine|2}} class.

==Battle honours==
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*[[Capture of Belle Île|Belle Isle]], 1761
*[[Siege of Havana|Havana]], 1762
*[[Battle of Ushant (1781)|Ushant]], 1781
*[[Battle of the Saintes|The Saints]], 1782
*[[Glorious First of June|First of June]], 1794
*[[Battle of the Basque Roads|Basque Roads]], 1809
*[[Battle of Jutland|Jutland]], 1916
*[[Norwegian Campaign|Norway]], 1940
*[[Battle of the Mediterranean|Mediterranean]], 1940−43
*[[Battle of Cape Matapan|Matapan]], 1941
*[[Battle of Crete|Crete]], 1941
*[[Malta convoys|Malta Convoys]], 1941
*[[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]], 1943
*[[Operation Avalanche|Salerno]], 1943
*[[Operation Crimson|Sabang]], 1944
*[[Falklands War|Falklands]], 1982
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==See also==
*[[List_of_fictional_aircraft#Airborne_aircraft_carriers|Airborne Aircraft Carrier HMS Valiant]] From Dr. Who
* {{ship|Hired armed lugger|Valiant}}
* {{ship|HMC|Valiant}}, customs cutter
* [[Valiant (disambiguation)]]
* {{sclass|Valiant|submarine|1}}
* {{USS|Valiant}}

==References==
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