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Two British Royal Navy warships have been called HMS Lance after the spear. - The first {{HMS|Lance|1914}} was a destroyer launched at Thornycroft in 1914, and fired the first British shot of World War I on 5 August 1914 when she intercepted the German minelayer Königin Luise.
- The second {{HMS|Lance|G87}} was an {{sclass2-|L and M|destroyer|1}} launched in 1940 and sunk by aircraft at Malta on 9 April 1942. She was salvaged and towed to Chatham but found on arrival to be beyond repair.
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