HMS Spartan

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HMS Spartan may refer to one of these vessels of the British Royal Navy named in recognition of the military abilities of the Spartans of ancient Greece.

  • HMS Spartan was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1806 and broken up 1822
  • HMS Spartan was to have been a 46-gun fifth-rate; ordered from Plymouth Dockyard in 1824, the ship was cancelled in 1831
  • HMS Spartan was a 26-gun sixth-rate launched in 1841 and sold in 1862
  • HMS Spartan was an Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1868 and sold in 1882
  • HMS Spartan was a 2nd class cruiser launched in 1891, sent to harbour service in 1907, renamed Defiance in 1921, and sold 1931
  • HMS Spartan was a Dido class cruiser launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944 by a Hs 293 guided bomb
  • HMS Spartan, launched in 1978, is a nuclear-powered submarine of the Swiftsure class

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