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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. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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  • 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. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. (en)
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  • 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. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. (en)
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