HMS Siren
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene,[Note 1] after the Sirens of Greek mythology:
- HMS Siren was a 24-gun post ship of the 1741 Establishment launched in 1745 and sold in 1764.
- HMS Siren was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked in 1777.
- HMS Syren was a 24-gun Porcupine-class post ship launched in 1779 and wrecked in 1781.
- HMS Syren was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth rate launched in 1782, on harbour service from 1805 and broken up in 1822.
- HMS Sirene was previously the French Serin, a brig aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne.[1] HMS Intrepid and HMS Chichester captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796.[2]
- HMS Siren was to have been a 32-gun Narcissus-class fifth rate, ordered in 1805 and cancelled in 1806.
- HMS Siren was previously the USS Syren. She was captured in 1814 and used as a hospital hulk. She was on the Navy list until 1815.
- HMS Siren was a 16-gun Helena-class brig-sloop, launched in 1841 and broken up by 1868.
- HMS Siren was previously HMS Opossum, an Albacore-class gunboat launched in 1856. She was renamed HMS Siren in 1895, and was sold in 1896.
- HMS Syren was a Myrmidon-class destroyer launched in 1900 and sold in 1920.
Uncommissioned vessels
- Syren was an American schooner that a British squadron captured off New York in January 1813 and armed for use as a tender.[3] Disposal unknown.
- Siren was a steam tender built in 1855 for the use of royalty at Bermuda and sold in 1863.
- Syren was a training tender, purchased in 1878 and attached to HMS Britannia. She was sold in 1912.
See also
- HMS Syeren, a Danish 74-gun fourth rate captured in 1807. She was converted to harbour service in 1809, sold in 1814 but retained and sold again in 1815.
Footnotes
- Notes
- ↑ Until the beginning of the nineteenth century (and even later) the spellings were interchangeable. Different spellings for the same ships are used in sources, sometimes within the same document.
- Citations
References
Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.