# HMS Illustrious

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There have been five ships in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) to bear the name **HMS *Illustrious***. The ship's motto is "Vox Non Incerta" which translates as "No Uncertain Sound".

- [HMS *Illustrious* (1789)](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(1789)) was a 74-gun [third rate](/source/Third_rate), and launched at Buckler's Hard in 1789. She had two engagements against the [French Navy](/source/French_Navy), at [Toulon](/source/Toulon) in 1793 and at [Genoa](/source/Naval_Battle_of_Genoa_(1795)) where she suffered severe damage and won a [battle honour](/source/Battle_honour). While returning home in tow for repairs she ran aground due to an extremely violent [storm](/source/Weather). Shortly afterwards she was set ablaze and abandoned.
- [HMS *Illustrious* (1803)](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(1803)) was launched at [Rotherhithe](/source/Rotherhithe) in 1803 and was like her predecessor a 74-gun third rate. She was involved in battles off the [Basque Roads](/source/Basque_Roads), in which she won a battle honour, and off [Java](/source/Java_(island)) in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia). In 1854 she became a training ship and continued as one until she was broken up in 1868 in [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth).
- [HMS *Illustrious* (1896)](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(1896)) was a [*Majestic*-class battleship](/source/Majestic-class_battleship), launched in 1896 and scrapped in 1920. Two of her 12-inch guns were remounted in the [Tyne Turrets](/source/Tyne_Turrets).
- [HMS *Illustrious* (87)](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(87)) was an [*Illustrious*-class aircraft carrier](/source/Illustrious-class_aircraft_carrier) commissioned in 1940. In the same year she became the first carrier to strike against an enemy fleet, and was in service until 1954.
- [HMS *Illustrious* (R06)](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(R06)) was an [*Invincible*-class aircraft carrier](/source/Invincible-class_aircraft_carrier) commissioned in 1982 and decommissioned in 2014.

## Battle honours

- [Genoa](/source/Battle_of_Genoa) 1795
- [Basque Roads](/source/Battle_of_the_Basque_Roads) 1809
- [Taranto](/source/Battle_of_Taranto) 1940
- [Mediterranean](/source/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean) 1940–1941
- [Malta Convoys](/source/Malta_Convoys) 1941
- [Diego Suarez](/source/Battle_of_Madagascar) 1942
- [Salerno](/source/Allied_Invasion_of_Italy) 1943
- [Sabang](/source/Operation_Crimson) 1944
- [Palembang](/source/Operation_Meridian) 1945
- [Okinawa](/source/Battle_of_Okinawa) 1945

## References

[Royal Navy History](https://web.archive.org/web/20010725112441/http://www.royal-navy.org/)

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