Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charon, after Charon, the boatman to Hades across the River Styx in Greek Mythology:
HMS Charon (1778) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1778 and destroyed at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
HMS Charon (1783) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1783. She was on harbour service from 1795, used as a troopship from 1800 and was broken up in 1805. Because Charon served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.[1]
HMS Charon (1827) was a wooden paddle packet, formerly the GPO vessel Crusader. She was launched in 1827, transferred to the navy in 1837 and used as a mail packet. She was sold to Trinity House in 1849.
HMS Charon (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1865.
^"No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
Royal Navy have been named HMSCharon, after Charon, the boatman to Hades across the River Styx in Greek Mythology: HMSCharon (1778) was a 44-gun fifth...
French began to fire at the British ships and scored a hit on the British HMSCharon, which caught fire, and in turn set two or three other ships on fire....
ships HMS Lowestoffe and HMSCharon were with a small squadron which arrived off the Honduras coast. They were accompanied by HMS Pomona, HMS Racehorse...
within. For example, HMS Bellerophon, HMSCharon, HMS Orion, HMS Leander, HMS Minotaur, HMS Pegasus, HMS Phaeton, HMS Theseus, HMS Venus. In 1794 a Latin-language...
Revolutionary War, French artillerymen destroyed the British frigate HMSCharon using heated shot during the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. In 1782, during...
entrance to the Greek Underworld where souls must be ferried across by Charon (although some later sources, such as Roman poets, assign this role to the...
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Made captain in 1790, he was in command of HMSCharon in 1794 and witnessed the Glorious First of June from her, although she...
be dealt with. MacBride was ordered to sail together with the 44-gun HMSCharon to capture Comte d'Artois. After several days in search of the vessel...
surrender of the French in September 1801. He was appointed to command of Charon, a 44-gun ship armed en flûte, employed in transporting French troops from...
Hunt-class HMS Atherstone, HMS Cleveland, HMS Whaddon HMS Beaufort, HMS Bicester, HMS Blackmore, HMS Calpe, HMS Farndale, HMS Lauderdale, HMS Liddesdale, HMS Oakley...
In the action of 13 August 1780, Comte d'Artois encountered HMS Bienfaisant, and HMSCharon, which was further away. The British warships had been looking...
February 1781. "The Marine List". New Lloyd's List (1238). 2 February 1781. "HMS Culloden". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 1 February 2021. "The...
misunderstood the signals from Captain Robert Stopford on the scouting frigate HMS Phaeton and had sailed much too close to the larger French fleet. When he...
as commander of the 44-gun HMSCharon, guarding trade in Irish Sea and the Channel. During the two years he commanded Charon, Manby provided protection...
Naval History. Retrieved 29 December 2011. "HMS Gould (K-476) (+1944)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 October 2011. "HMS Gould (K476)". Uboat. Retrieved 17 March...
HMS Destiny HMS Euryalus Golden Plover HMS Gorgon HMS Hyperion Nautilus – French frigate HMS Onward HMS Phalarope HM Sparrow – sloop HMS Tempest HMS Trojan...
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