HMS Hermione
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermione after Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology.
The first three ships were captured from the French between 1757 and 1760 and never appeared in the Navy List.
- The fourth Hermione was a 32-gun fifth-rate, launched in 1782. On 1797-09-22 her crew mutinied in the West Indies and handed her to the Spanish. She was recaptured in 1799, renamed Retaliation, and renamed again to Retribution in 1800. She was broken up in 1805.
- The fifth Hermione was an Astraea-class protected cruiser launched in 1893. She served in World War I and was sold in 1921.
- The sixth Hermione (74) was a Dido-class light cruiser, launched in 1939. She served in World War II and was sunk in the Mediterranean by the German submarine U-205 on 1942-06-16.
- The seventh Hermione (F58) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1967 and scrapped in 1997. She was one of the Leander class frigates used as the fictional frigate HMS Hero (F42) in the popular and acclaimed Warship BBC television drama series during the 1970s.
[edit] References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
