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.
- HMS 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.
- HMS Hermione was an Astraea-class protected cruiser launched in 1893. She served in World War I and was sold in 1921.
- HMS 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.
- HMS Hermione (F58) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1967 and scrapped in 1997.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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