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Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Actaeon or HMS Acteon, after Actaeon, a figure in Greek mythology:

  • HMS Actaeon (1757) was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1757 and sold as unserviceable in 1766.
  • HMS Actaeon (1775) was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1775 and grounded and burnt in 1776.
  • HMS Actaeon (1778) was a 44-gun fifth-rate two-decker launched in 1778, on harbour service from 1795 and sold in 1802.
  • HMS Acteon (1805) was the 16-gun French brig Actêon that HMS Egyptienne captured in 1805 off Rochefort; Acteon was broken up in 1816.
  • HMS Actaeon (1831) was a 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1831. She was converted to a survey ship in 1856, lent to the Cork Harbour Board in 1870 as a hulk, and sold in 1889.
  • HMS Actaeon was a hulk, originally the 50-gun fourth rate HMS Vernon that formed part of the Navy's torpedo school, HMS Vernon. She was renamed HMS Actaeon in 1886 and was sold in 1923.
  • HMS Actaeon (U07) was a modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1945 and sold to West Germany in 1959 as Hipper. She was hulked in 1964 and sold for breaking up in 1967.
  • HMS Actaeon (shore establishment) was a shore establishment, originally part of HMS Vernon. It was established as a separate command in 1905 and paid off in 1922.
    • HMS Ariadne (1859) was the original HMS Actaeon, renamed and commissioned in 1905 and sold in 1922.
    • HMS Dido (1869) was HMS Actaeon II between 1906 and 1922.

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HMS Actaeon

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the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Actaeon or HMS Acteon, after Actaeon, a figure in Greek mythology: HMS Actaeon (1757) was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate...

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HMS Dido

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screw corvette launched in 1869, hulked in 1886, renamed HMS Actaeon in 1906 and sold in 1922. HMS Dido (1896) was an Eclipse-class second class cruiser...

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HMS Vernon

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Vernon from 1886. HMS Marlborough (1855) was Vernon II from 1895. HMS Warrior (1860) was Vernon III from 1904. HMS Actaeon (the original HMS Vernon (1832))...

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List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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Slade) HMS Roebuck 1774 – hospital ship 1790, troopship 1799, floating battery 1803, broken up 1811 HMS Romulus 1777 – taken by France 1781 HMS Actaeon 1778...

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HMS Ariadne

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part of the shore establishment HMS Vernon in 1884, and was renamed HMS Actaeon in 1905. She was finally sold in 1922. HMS Ariadne (1898) was a Diadem-class...

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Actaeon Sound

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named in 1865 by Captain Pender, in association with other Admiralty and HMS Actaeon-related names. On the southeast side of Actress Passage at 50°56′28″N...

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Chris Atkins

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Christopher Atkins (born 1961), American actor Captain Christopher Atkins of HMS Actaeon (1775) Chris Akins (born 1976), retired American football player Chris...

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National Underwater and Marine Agency

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attempted to locate the following vessels and historical artifacts: HMS Actaeon USS Akron CSS Alabama Russian frigate Alexander Nevsky, a Russian steam...

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SS Central America

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Mar: HMS Urgent 9 May: HMS Sappho 12 May: HMS Exmouth 1 Jun: HMS Coromandel 7 Jul: HMS Actaeon Jul HMS Himalaya 10 Sep: HMS Sappho 18 Sep: HMS Sappho...

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Battle of Quiberon Bay

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was sighted by HMS Actaeon which had remained on station off Brest despite the storms but which failed to rendezvous with Hawke, by HMS Juno and Swallow...

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Michael Clements

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HMS London, a 6-gun busse and was then named as post-captain of the 28-gun frigate HMS Actaeon from 29 September 1757. Clements continued in Actaeon,...

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Drury Inlet

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commanded by Lieut. Cdr James Bullock, which was deployed as tender to HMS Actaeon in the East Indies and Chinese waters in later years. Across the head...

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