Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Elephant, after the elephant. Two other ships were originally given that name, but were subsequently changed. * - the first such named ship was a captured French store-ship purchased in 1705 and hulked 1709. * HMS Elephant (1776) - a 10-gun storeship purchased 1776 and sold 1779. * HMS Elephant (1786) - a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1786, reduced to a 58-gun fourth-rate in 1818, and broken up in 1830. * HMS Minotaur (1863), lead ship in her class of broadside ironclad warships and known as Elephant during construction. * HMS Hermes (R12) - aircraft carrier laid down in 1945 as HMS Elephant. Ship renamed Hermes before completion. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a s
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