ROYAL OAK (DISAMBIGUATION)

The 'Royal Oak' was the tree in which Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651; the tree was located in Boscobel Wood.
In commemoration of the tree's significance in British history a number of places and things have been named after the Royal Oak.

★ A number of warships have been commissioned as HMS Royal Oak, including the first battleship to be lost in the Second World War.

★ In the United Kingdom ''The Royal Oak'' is a the third most common pub name (for example, Royal Oak, Meavy). Many of the pubs bear a sign featuring an image of an oak tree and crown.

★ Royal Oak tube station is a tube station on the Hammersmith & City Line in London.

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Places

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Places

★ Royal Oak, Lancashire

★ Royal Oak, Yorkshire

★ Royal Oak, County Durham

★ Royal Oak, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland

★ Royal Oak, Launceston Tasmania

★ Royal Oak, County Carlow, a village in the Republic of Ireland

★ Royal Oak, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

In the United States of America

★ Royal Oak, Maryland

★ Royal Oak, Michigan

★ Royal Oaks, California.

Other

★ Royal Oak Station, a Vancouver SkyTrain station located on Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

★ The Royal Oak Foundation is a United States charitable body.

★ Swiss watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet has named a watch collection after the Royal Oak.