HMS Iron Duke

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Iron Duke  after the Duke of Wellington, nicknamed the "Iron Duke". The name is also a pun, as the first ship so named was an ironclad.


 * HMS Iron Duke (1870) was a battleship launched in 1870, paid off in 1893 and sold 1906 for scrap
 * HMS Iron Duke (1912) was the name-ship of a class of battleships, launched in 1912 and sold in 1946 as a coal hull (and scrapped). She is most famous for being the fleet flagship at the Battle of Jutland
 * HMS Iron Duke (F234) is a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991

See also:


 * HMS Duke of Wellington, a 131 gun first-rate ship of the line also named after the first Duke of Wellington