Two ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS Poictiers. Poictiers is an alternative spelling for
Poitiers, and in this instance commemorates the
English victory there.
The first
HMS Poictiers (1809) was a 74-gun
third rate launched in 1809. She participated in an action where she rescued
HMS Frolic by capturing
USS Wasp in 1812. Poictiers was broken up in 1857.
The second Poictiers was a 2,380-ton
Battle-class destroyer launched in April 1946, but broken up soon after.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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