Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phaeton or Phaëton after Phaëton, the son of Helios in Greek mythology:
HMS Phaeton (1691), a purpose-built fireship launched in 1691, was expended against the French Navy at La Hogue in 1692.
HMS Phaeton (1739), also a fireship, formerly a merchantman purchased in 1739, served as an escort during the War of Austrian Succession.
HMS Phaeton (1782), a frigate launched in 1782 which served during the Napoleonic Wars, created an incident in Nagasaki harbour, Japan, in 1808.
HMS Phaeton (1848), a 32-pounder armed sailing frigate launched in 1848, was converted in 1859 to screw propulsion.
HMS Phaeton (1883), launched 1883, was a Leander-class protected cruiser.
HMS Phaeton (1914), launched 1914, was an Arethusa-class light cruiser. She served in World War I.
HMS Phaeton, launched 1934, was a Leander-class light cruiser transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and renamed HMAS Sydney. She was sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in World War II.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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the Royal Navy have been named HMSPhaeton or Phaëton after Phaëton, the son of Helios in Greek mythology: HMSPhaeton (1691), a purpose-built fireship...
up Phaeton, Phaëthon, Phaëton, phaeton, or Φαέθων in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phaeton, Phaethon, Foeton, or Foethon may refer to: Phaëton (Lully)...
transferred to command HMS Lively but in April that ship was wrecked off Cadiz. His next command was HMSPhaeton in the following year. In Phaeton Morris fought...
French privateer Flore in 1784. She was then recaptured by HMSPhaeton in 1798 and sold. HMS Flora (1780) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and...
assistance. The incident in Nagasaki Harbour where the Royal Navy frigate HMSPhaeton demanded supplies from the harbour chief in 1808 shocked the Tokugawa...
from foreign ships, such as the incursion by the Royal Navy frigate HMSPhaeton in 1808. Through the process of rangaku (the studying of Western science...
4 May 1916 by anti-aircraft fire from HMSPhaeton and HMS Galatea, she was destroyed by Royal Navy submarine HMS E31 off Horns Reef. While on a mission...
launched in 1781 that HMS Latona and HMSPhaeton (1782) captured in 1793. The Royal Navy took her into service as the 28-gun sixth rate HMS Blonde. She was...
Royal Navy ships started to capture Dutch merchant shipping. In 1808, HMSPhaeton, under the command of Captain Fleetwood Pellew, entered Nagasaki's harbour...
beginning of the 19th century. The Nagasaki Harbour Incident involving HMSPhaeton in 1808, and other subsequent incidents in the following decades, led...
a brief incident in Nagasaki harbour while in command of the frigate HMSPhaeton, an incident that was to have important implications for Anglo-Japanese...
Western world. In 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy frigate HMSPhaeton entered Nagasaki Harbor in search of Dutch trading ships. The local magistrate...
HMS Musette (1807), formerly French brig Phaeton (1804), captured in 1806 and renamed HMS Mignonne, then in 1807 renamed HMS Musette. She was sold in 1814. This...
was spotted by light cruisers HMS Galatea and HMSPhaeton who opened fire on the airship. Just as they were doing this HMS E31 was operating with the sea...
a series of two training ships from 1865 to 1941, including ex-HMSPhaeton (1883). HMS Kent (D12), a 1963 destroyer used for training from 1980 to 1993...
agreed to sell HMSPhaeton to the Indefatigable committee for £15,000. Mr. Frank Bibby gave the committee the money to buy the Phaeton and re-fit her...
dismasted HMS Defence and exchanged broadsides with the French ship-of-the line, Impétueux. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 May 1796 on HMSPhaeton. While...
the bakufu to build up defences in Ezo. In 1808, the British frigate HMSPhaeton, preying on Dutch shipping in the Pacific, sailed into Nagasaki under...
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