Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Janus, after Janus, the two-faced God of Roman mythology:
HMS Janus (1778) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1778. She was renamed HMS Dromedary later that year, and was wrecked in 1800 on the Parasol Rocks in Trinidad.
HMS Janus (1796) was a 32-gun fifth rate, previously the Dutch Argo. She was captured by HMS Phoenix in 1796, placed on harbour service from 1798 and was sold in 1811.
HMS Janus (1844) was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1844 and sold in 1856.
HMS Janus (1856) was a Clown-class wood screw gunboat launched in 1856. She was used as a coal lighter from 1869 and was renamed YC 6. She was sold in 1917.
HMS Janus (1895) was a Janus-class destroyer launched in 1895 and reclassified as an A-class destroyer in 1913. She was sold in 1914.
HMS Janus (F53) was a J-class destroyer launched in 1938 and sunk in 1944.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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name HMSJanus, after Janus, the two-faced God of Roman mythology: HMSJanus (1778) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1778. She was renamed HMS Dromedary...
HMSJanus K-class destroyer HMS Khartoum M-class destroyer HMS Marmion HMS Martial HMS Mary Rose HMS Matchless HMS Menace HMS Nessus HMS Nestor HMS Pasley...
ship HMHS Newfoundland at Salerno as well as the destroyer HMSJanus and the light cruiser HMS Spartan at Anzio; however, these ships were actually hit...
harbour – possibly hit by a "Fritz X") HMSJanus , J-class destroyer (sunk—possibly by an Hs 293, Fritz X or a torpedo) HMS Jervis (damaged off Anzio during...
She was broken up in 1783. HMS Dromedary was a 24-gun storeship, originally launched in 1782 as the 44-gun fifth rate HMSJanus. She was converted to a storeship...
by U-652 HMS Juno (F46) off Crete 21 May 1941 Sunk by Italian aircraft HMSJanus (F53) off Anzio 23 January 1944 Sunk by German aircraft HMS Jersey (F72)...
maintain steam for their maximum powers with greater facility." In HMS Lightning and HMSJanus, both of 1895, "there [were] in all upwards of 30,000 [of these]...
October with HMS Penn, sank the submarine chaser UJ-2109 at Kalymnos. On 23 January 1944 Jervis had her bows blown off while in company with Janus, the other...
(Texas) HMS Ausonia (F53), a Cunard ocean liner requisitioned for the Royal Navy HMSJanus (F53), a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy HMS Undaunted (F53)...
HMS Milford 1695 HMS Arundel 1695 HMS Rye 1696 HMS Scarborough 1696 HMS Looe (i) 1696 HMS Lynn 1696 HMS Fowey 1696 HMS Southsea Castle (i) 1696 HMS Gosport...
cruiser Prinz Eugen, Japanese destroyer Akizuki, Japanese destroyer Nowaki, HMSJanus, Destroyer Princess, and Aircraft Carrier Water Demon Makai Shin Trillion...
destroyer Jervis. For brief period between April and June 1940 he commanded Janus, while Jervis was under repair at the Swan Hunter yard in Newcastle, after...
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