HMS Orestes

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Orestes:

  • HMS Orestes (1781) was a Dutch-built brig-sloop. She was captured from the Dutch in 1781.
  • HMS Orestes (1860) was a corvette, launched on 18 August [1860 and scrapped in 1866.
  • HMS Orestes (1916), an M class destroyer, launched in 1916 and sold for scrap in 1921.
  • HMS Orestes (1943) was an Algerine class minesweeper, sunk as a target in Seacat missile trials.
Disambiguation notice 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.
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