HMS Bacchante
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus, whilst another was ordered but later cancelled:
- HMS Bacchante - 20 gun French sixth rate, captured by HMS Endymion in 1803. Sold in 1809.
- HMS Bacchante - 38 gun fifth rate launched in 1811 at Deptford. She was converted to harbour service in 1837 and scrapped in 1858.
- HMS Bacchante - a wood screw frigate ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard in 1849 but cancelled in 1851.
- HMS Bacchante - a wood screw frigate launched in 1859 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was broken up in 1869.
- HMS Bacchante - Bacchante class corvette launched 19th October 1876, sold 1897 [1]
- HMS Bacchante - Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold for scrap in 1920.
- HMS Bacchante - Leander-class frigate launched in 1968 and sold to New Zealand in 1982.
 |
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. |
