# HMS Splendid

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Two ships and two submarines of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) have been named **HMS *Splendid***.

- [HMS *Splendid* (1597)](/source/HMS_Splendid_(1597)) was listed in 1597, with an unknown fate.
- [HMS *Splendid* (1918)](/source/HMS_Splendid_(1918)) was an [S-class destroyer](/source/S-class_destroyer), launched in 1918, and sold in 1931.
- [HMS *Splendid* (P228)](/source/HMS_Splendid_(P228)) was a [S-class](/source/British_S-class_submarine_(1931)) [submarine](/source/Submarine), launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943 by a German destroyer.
- [HMS *Splendid* (S106)](/source/HMS_Splendid_(S106)) was a [*Swiftsure*-class submarine](/source/Swiftsure-class_submarine) nuclear-powered hunter killer submarine.

## Battle honours

Ships named *Splendid* have earned the following [battle honours](/source/Battle_honour#Naval_battle_honours):

- [Mediterranean](/source/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean), 1942
- [North Africa](/source/Operation_Torch), 1942
- [Falkland Islands](/source/Falklands_War), 1982
- [The Gulf](/source/Operation_Telic), 2003

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