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“HMS Trump”
Real Royal Navy submarine
Confidence: High Checked on May 3, 2026

Summary

HMS Trump was a British Royal Navy T‑class submarine launched in March 1944, the only vessel in RN history to bear that name, and it served in the Pacific during the final stages of World War II. The original brass bell from the submarine was presented by King Charles III to President Donald Trump during the king’s 2026 U.S. state visit.

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  • HMS Trump - Wikipedia

    She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, and launched on 25 March 1944, the only ship of the Royal Navy (RN) to bear the name Trump. She spent the majority of her life attached to the 4th Submarine Squadron based in Australia, the final RN submarine to be posted in Australia.

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  • HMS Trump — Wikipédia

    Le HMS Trump (pennant number : P333) est un sous-marin de la classe T en service dans la Royal Navy. Il combattit à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le Pacifique. Il a été construit par Vickers-Armstrongs à Barrow-in-Furness, dans le nord-ouest de l'Angleterre, et lancé le 25 ...

  • Liste des navires de la Royal Navy — Wikipédia

    Un navire-école, le Hindostan, ... Naval College à Dartmouth. ... le HMS Victory qui, bien qu'il soit un navire musée en cale sèche, est encore listé comme le navire amiral du Royal ......

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  • Here's why King Charles gave Donald Trump a bell from HMS Trump | News UK | Metro News

    The HMS Trump, which served as a Royal Navy submarine in World War II in the Pacific, was built in Barrow-in-Furness. Though King Charles said in his speech that the submarine was named after the President’s ‘valiant namesake’, it was actually named after no one in particular. In the 1940s, most Royal Navy vessels were named with short ‘T’ names, including HMS Tiptoe, Truncheon and more.

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  • 'HMS Trump' for Donald Trump: What King Charles' WWII-era bell gift means

    The shiny brass bell bearing Trump’s name and 1944, is actually a a T-class submarine of the British Royal Navy commissioned during World War II. It is the only vessel in British naval history to bear the name.According to the King, the vessel played “a critical role during the war in the Pacific."

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