Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hecate, after Hecate, a goddess in early Greek mythology:
HMS Hecate (1797) was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sunk as a breakwater in 1809.
HMS Hecate (1809) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1809 and sold in 1817.
HMS Hecate (1839) was a 4-gun wooden Hydra-class paddle sloop launched in 1839, fitted out for survey work in 1860 and sold in 1865.
HMS Hecate (1871) was an iron screw Cyclops-class breastwork monitor launched in 1871 and sold in 1903.
HMS Hecate (A137) was a Hecla-class survey vessel launched in 1965. She was put up for disposal in 1991, and sailed to India to be broken up in 1994.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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HMS Protector (1955–70) HMS Endurance (1968–91) HMS Endurance (1991–2008) Hecla class HMS Hecla (1964–97) HMSHecate (1965–90) HMS Hydra (1966–86) HMS Herald (1974–2001)...
1983, a UK spokesman said that on 19 December 1982, the research vessel, HMSHecate, had discovered someone had been back to the base, had lowered the British...
"Happy Valley" – USS Valley Forge "Hairy D" – HMCS Harry DeWolf "He-Cat" – HMSHecate; humorous malapropism "HMAS Can Opener" – HMAS Melbourne; given by US...
it was mostly demolished by the Royal Navy after a patrolling warship, HMSHecate, discovered that someone had taken down the Union Flag from the base flagpole...
Office then ordered another of the same design (HMS Magdala) as well as a less expensive version (HMS Abyssinia). The four Cyclops-class ships, enlarged...
Daniel Pender, RN who surveyed the coast of British Columbia aboard HMS Plumper, HMSHecate, and Beaver from 1857 to 1870.: 134 The first permanent resident...
The vessel could stop from full speed in twice the length of the ship. HMS Ardent was destroyed by Argentinian aircraft in Falkland Sound in May 1982...
Columbia aboard HMS Plumper, HMSHecate and Beaver from 1857 to 1870. Pender was recorded as the second master of the admiralty survey vessel, HMS Plumper, in...
flown to Ireland). Additionally, at midday the Royal Navy survey vessel HMSHecate steamed to the accident location to offer assistance with special ropes...
for the snowy sheathbills that live in the bay. Hecate Rock was named by UK-APC in 1984 after HMSHecate (A137), which came very close to grounding on the...
from 1857 to 1864 he was in command of the two survey ships: HMS Plumper and HMSHecate. He was the second British commissioner to the San Juan Islands...
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