HMS Bulwark

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Bulwark", after the reference to the Navy as the 'bulwark' (defence) of the country:

*HMS "Bulwark" was to have been a 74-gun third rate. She was ordered in 1778 but was cancelled in 1783.
*HMS|Bulwark|1807|6 was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1807. She had previously planned to be called HMS "Scipio", but was renamed in 1806 before being launched. She took part in the blockade of Rochefort in 1813 and fought in the War of 1812. She was broken up in 1826.
*HMS "Bulwark" was to have been a 81-gun screw propelled "Bulwark" class second rate. She was laid down in 1859, but work was suspended in 1861, and she was eventually cancelled and broken up in 1873.
*HMS "Bulwark" was previously the planned 110-gun first rate HMS "Howe". Already obsolete when launched, she was never fitted with all her guns and was renamed "Bulwark" in 1885 when she became a training ship. She was renamed HMS "Impregnable" in 1886, and then HMS "Bulwark" again in 1919. She was sold for breaking up in 1921.
*HMS "Bulwark" was a "Formidable"-class battleship launched in 1899 and blown up by accident in 1914.
*HMS "Bulwark" was a "Centaur"-class light fleet carrier launched in 1948. She was completed as a commando carrier in 1960 and was broken up in 1984.
*HMS "Bulwark" is an "Albion" class amphibious assault ship launched in 2001 and currently in service.