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Hms ImplacableThree ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Implacable'': - Implacable, launched in 1800 as the French ship Duguay-Trouin, was a 74-gun ship of the line. She was captured by the British at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and renamed Implacable. She served in the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War and remained in service until 1842. She was used as an accommodation ship, a training ship, a holiday ship, and a coal hulk until finally scuttled in 1949, by then the second oldest ship of the Navy (after Victory). Her figurehead and stern galleries were saved and are on display in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.
- Implacable, launched in 1899, was a Formidable-class battleship. She served in World War I and fought at the Dardanelles.
- Implacable (R86), launched in 1942, was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers. She served in World War II and was broken up in 1954.
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