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The first ''Conqueror'' was an 8-gun Fire Ship captured from the French in 1745 and sold in 1748 .

The second ''Conqueror'' was a 70-gun Third-rate launched in 1758 and wrecked off Plymouth two years later.

The third ''Conqueror'' was a 74-gun Third-rate launched 1773 and broken up in 1794 .

The fourth ''Conqueror'' was a 74-gun Third-rate launched 1801 and broken up in 1822 .

The fifth ''Conqueror'' was a screw-propelled 101-gun First-rate , launched in 1855 and wrecked in the West Indies , Rum Cay , Bahamas in 1861 .

The sixth ''Conqueror'' was a Battleship launched in 1881 and sold 1907 .

The seventh ''Conqueror'' was a Battleship launched in 1911 and sold 1922 .

The eighth ''Conqueror'' was to have been a 42,500 ton ''Lion'' Class Battleship . Laid down 16 August 1939 , construction was suspended in October and cancelled entirely the following year.

The ninth ''Conqueror'' (S48) was a nuclear Submarine launched in 1969 , notable for service in the Falklands War as the only nuclear submarine ever to sink an enemy warship, and paid off in 1990 .