HMS Royal William
Introduction Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Royal William'''''* HMS ''Royal William'' was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1670 as . She was rebuilt in 1692 and renamed HMS ''Royal William'', rebuilt again in 1719, and rearmed to 84 guns and fitted as a guardship in 1790.She was broken up in 1813. * HMS ''Royal William'' (1757) a cut down version of the above to create an 84-gun ship of the line built at Portsmouth and part of the Battle of Cape Spartel*  was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1833.She was fitted with screw propulsion and rearmed to 72 guns in 1860, and became a training ship named ''Clarence'' in 1885.She was burnt by accident in 1899.
See also * RMS ''Royal William''* Scottish ship ''Royal William'', a 32-gun fifth rate, renamed HMS ''Edinburgh'' when the Royal Scots Navy was merged into the Royal Navy by the Act of Union.