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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}{{Use British English|date=April 2017}} Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement: - {{ship|English ship|Vanguard|1586}} was a 31-gun galleon launched in 1586, rebuilt twice and was broken up in 1630, with some parts being reused in the next HMS Vanguard.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1631}} was a 56-gun second rate launched in 1631, active in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and scuttled in 1667.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1678}} was a 90-gun three-decker second-rate launched in 1678, sunk in 1703 but raised in 1704, rebuilt twice and renamed HMS Duke in 1728. She was broken up in 1769.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1748}} was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1774.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1780}} was a 4-gun gunvessel captured in 1780, purchased in 1781 and sold in 1783.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1787}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1787. She became a prison ship in 1812, a powder hulk in 1814 and was broken up in 1821.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1835}} was a 78-gun third rate launched in 1835, renamed HMS Ajax in 1867, and broken up in 1875.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1869}} was an {{sclass-|Audacious|ironclad|0}} ironclad battleship launched in 1869 and sunk in a collision with {{HMS|Iron Duke|1870|6}} in 1875.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|1909}} was a {{sclass-|St Vincent|battleship|0}} battleship launched in 1909 and sunk in an explosion in 1917.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|23}} was a battleship, the last in the world to be launched. She was launched in 1944 and broken up in 1960.
- {{HMS|Vanguard|S28}} is a {{sclass-|Vanguard|submarine|0}} ballistic missile submarine launched in 1992 and currently in service.
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