Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, two of them prizes, had the French spelling of the name, Achille.
HMS Achilles (1747) was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1747. She was captured in 1748 by the Spanish.
HMS Achilles (1757) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1780 and sold in 1784.
HMS Achilles (1863) was a broadside ironclad frigate launched in 1863. She became a base ship in 1902 and was renamed HMS Hibernia. She was renamed HMS Egmont in 1904, HMS Egremont in 1916 and HMS Pembroke in 1919. She was sold in 1923.
HMS Achilles (1905) was a Warrior-class armoured cruiser launched in 1905 and sold in 1921.
Achilles II was an armed trawler, hired in 1914 and sunk by a mine on 26 June 1918.[1]
HMS Achilles (70) was a Leander-class light cruiser launched in 1932. She was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Achilles in 1941, but was returned in 1946. She was transferred to the Royal Indian Navy in 1948 as HMIS Delhi, eventually becoming INS Delhi. She was scrapped in 1978.
HMS Achilles (F12) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1968. She was sold to Chile in 1990 and renamed Ministro Zenteno.
^Colledge, J. J. (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: an historical index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 12.
been named Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, two of them prizes, had the French spelling of the name, Achille. HMSAchilles (1747) was...
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comprising the light cruisers HMS Ajax, HMSAchilles (on loan to the New Zealand Division) and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter. Graf Spee had sailed into...
In Greek mythology, Achilles (/əˈkɪliːz/ ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, translit. Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being...
buildup occurred during the interwar period, and then in December 1939 HMSAchilles fought alongside two other Royal Navy cruisers at the Battle of the River...
frigate HMSAchilles. She became a base ship under the name HMS Hibernia in 1902, was renamed HMS Egmont in 1904, HMS Egremont in 1916 and HMS Pembroke...
formerly HMSAchilles (1863), renamed 1904) Fort St Angelo in Birgu, Malta (1912–1933). A stone frigate, so named when the above-mentioned HMSAchilles was...
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cruiser HMS Blake, for deployment in the Far East. The task group also included the Leander-class frigates HMSAchilles, HMS Diomede and HMS Leander,...
was towed off by HMS Sultan in time to lead the squadron to Constantinople. On 4 October 1879, HMS Alexandra collided with HMSAchilles off Cyprus, holing...
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she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...
cruisers HMS Cumberland and HMS Exeter, and the light cruisers HMS Achilles and HMS Ajax. He flew his broad pennant in Ajax as his flagship. The squadron...
been named HMS Achille, after the Greek hero Achilles. The French spelling celebrates the capture of ships of this name from the French. HMS Achille (1745)...
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