Definitions for "HMS Queen"
Keywords:  hms, navy, royal, queen, gun
The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Queen. It is one of the oldest ship names of the Royal Navy dating from the time of Henry III of England.
HMS Queen was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was a three-deck ship, launched in 1769 with 90 guns (increased to 98 in the 1780s).