- Source: HMS Perseus
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Perseus, after the Greek hero Perseus:
HMS Perseus (1776) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776; she was the first vessel of the Royal Navy to be sheathed in copper. She was converted to a bomb vessel in 1799 and was broken up in 1805.
HMS Perseus (1812) was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1812. She was used for harbour service from 1818 and was broken up in 1850.
HMS Perseus (1861) was a Camelion-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1861. She was used for harbour service from 1886, was renamed HMS Defiance II in 1904 and was probably sold in 1912.
HMS Perseus (1897) was a Pelorus-class protected cruiser launched in 1897 and sold for scrap in 1914.
HMS Perseus (N36) was a Parthian-class submarine launched in 1929 and sunk in 1941 during the Second World War.
HMS Perseus (R51) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier launched in 1944 as HMS Edgar but renamed a few months later. She was scrapped in 1958.
Citations
References
Chambers, Robert & Thomas Thomson (1870) A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Vol. 2. (Blackie and son).
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.
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- HMS Perseus (N36)
- HMS Perseus
- HMS Perseus (R51)
- HMS Defiance
- HMS Poseidon
- List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
- Perseus (disambiguation)
- Aircraft catapult
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- SS Sauternes
