• Source: HMS Apollo

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:

HMS Apollo (1747) was 20-gun storeship captured from the French in 1747 and wrecked in 1749 off Madras.
HMS Apollo was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1763 as HMS Glory. She was renamed in 1774, and was broken up in 1786.
HMS Apollo (1794) was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1799 off Holland.
HMS Apollo (1799) was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1804 off Portugal.
HMS Apollo (1805) was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1805. She was put in harbour service, followed by use as a troopship in 1846 and was broken up in 1856.
HMS Apollo (1891) was an Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted into a minelayer in 1909 and was broken up in 1920.
HMS Apollo was a Leander-class light cruiser launched in 1934. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1938, and renamed HMAS Hobart.
HMS Apollo (M01) was an Abdiel-class minelayer launched in 1943 and broken up in 1962.
HMS Apollo (F70) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1970. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1988 and renamed Zulfiquar.




Battle honours


Ships named Apollo have earned the following battle honours:

St Vincent 1780
China 1842
Crimea 1854
Normandy 1944




See also


Apollo (disambiguation)

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• HMS Endeavour
• Paxos
• HMS Belfast (C35)
• 21 Desember
• London
• Kepulauan Cayman
• Lough Swilly
• From the Earth to the Moon
• Cape Canaveral
• King's Road
• HMS Apollo
• HMS Apollo (F70)
• HMAS Hobart (D63)
• HMS Glory
• Apollo (disambiguation)
• HMS Apollo (M01)
• HMS Apollo (1799)
• HMS Terror (1813)
• HMS Erebus (1826)
• Leander-class cruiser (1931)