About: HMS Leviathan

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leviathan: * The first Leviathan was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1750 as Northumberland, renamed in 1777 and sunk in 1780 in the Atlantic. * The second HMS Leviathan (1790) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1790. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, was used as a convict ship from 1816 and sold in 1848. * The third HMS Leviathan (1901) was a Drake-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold for scrap in 1920. * The fourth Leviathan was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier. She was launched in 1945 but never completed and scrapped in 1968.