HMS Poictiers

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 Poictiers was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1809. She participated in an action where she rescued HMS Frolic by capturing the USS Wasp in 1812. Poictiers was broken up in 1857.


 * The second Poictiers was to have been a 2,380 ton destroyer; she was launched in April 1946 but broken up soon after.