Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.
HMS Melpomene (1794) was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate captured in 1794 and sold in 1815 after service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
HMS Melpomene (1815) was a 38-gun French frigate launched in 1812 that the Royal Navy captured in 1815 and sold in 1821.
HMS Melpomene (1857) was a screw frigate launched in 1857 and sold in 1875.
HMS Melpomene (1888) was a Marathon-class light cruiser launched in 1888 and sold in 1905.
HMS Melpomene was an Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891 as HMS Indefatigable. She was renamed HMS Melpomone in 1910 and was sold in 1913.
HMS Melpomene (1915) was a Medea-class destroyer, built for the Greek Navy as the Samos. She was purchased in 1914 and launched in 1915. She was broken up in 1921.
HMS Melpomene was a minelayer, formerly the monitor HMS M31 launched in 1915. She was renamed HMS Melpomene in 1922 and HMS Menelaus in 1940, being broken up in 1948.
of the Royal Navy have been named HMSMelpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology. HMSMelpomene (1794) was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate...
1914. HMS Indefatigable (1891) was an Apollo-class second class cruiser launched in 1891, renamed HMSMelpomene in 1910, and sold in 1913. HMS Indefatigable (1909)...
the French privateer Tigre. She was captured in 1798 by HMSMelpomene and wrecked in 1804. HMS Drake (1804) was a 16-gun sloop, launched in 1799 for the...
In September 1923, HMS M31 was taken in hand for conversion to a minelayer. Equipped to carry 52 mines, she was renamed HMSMelpomene in December 1925....
ships, HMS General Wolfe, Lord Clive and Prince Eugene, were converted to take the BL 18 inch Mk I naval gun that had originally been allocated to HMS Furious...
Emerald 1856 HMSMelpomene 1857 HMS Immortalite 1859 Mersey class 1858 HMS Orlando 1858 HMS Mersey 1858 HMS Narcissus 1859 Bristol class 1860 HMS Newcastle...
April – British capture French battleship near Porto Rico late May – HMSMelpomène vs Danish gunboats 25–27 June – British and Sicilians vs French near...
(Admiralty M-class destroyers) and HMSMelpomene (Medea-class destroyer) Unit X (escort to Ostend blockships): HMS Tempest and HMS Tetrarch (R-class destroyer)...
October. HMS Terrible Third rate 74 Captain Sir Richard Bickerton 0 0 0 HMSMelpomene Fifth rate 38 Captain Sir Charles Hamilton 0 0 0 Commodore Savary's...
two more. In response, Bickerton split his force, sending the frigate HMSMelpomene after the southern group and following Savary himself in Terrible. By...
exertions he had made after the ship struck. In 1809 Warren commanded HMSMelpomene in the Baltic Sea for a few months, acting for Sir Peter Parker, 2nd...
ordered in Britain, entered service with the British Royal Navy as HMSMelpomene Greek landing ship Samos (L179) (1943–1977), an LST1-class landing ship...
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