Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Polyphemus, after the Polyphemus of Greek mythology.
HMS Polyphemus (1782) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782, active in the Napoleonic Wars, converted to a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1827.
HMS Polyphemus (1840) was a wooden paddlewheel sloop launched in 1840 and wrecked off Jutland in 1856.
HMS Polyphemus (1881) was a torpedo ram in use from 1881 to 1903.
The Polyphemus class was a semi-submerged torpedo cruiser armed with eight torpedoes, proposed in 1914. There had been an argument about the naval estimates at the start of 1914, with Liberal opinion, including Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George, objecting to ever-escalating naval expenditure, especially with a General Election due within a year or so. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) wanted to substitute 15 submarines for one planned battleship and six Polyphemuses for another. On 24 July 1914 Admiral Doveton Sturdee submitted two memos criticising the high cost of these new ships, as well as their low freeboard (making them unusable in rough seas) and vulnerability to enemy destroyers.[1]
HMS Polyphemus was to have been a Arethusa-class cruiser. However, this ship was cancelled and reordered as a new Town-class cruiser named as HMS Southampton.
HMS Polyphemus was to have been an Centaur-class aircraft carrier of 18,300 tons, 650 ft (200 m) long, but was cancelled in October 1945.
the British Royal Navy have been named HMSPolyphemus, after the Polyphemus of Greek mythology. HMSPolyphemus (1782) was a 64-gun third rate launched...
civilian vessels. It has been suggested that Thunder Child was based on HMSPolyphemus, which was the sole torpedo ram to see service with the Royal Navy from...
United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and...
torpedoes, but retained the concept of ramming, resulting in designs like HMSPolyphemus, which had five torpedo tubes, two each port and starboard and one mounted...
torpedoes, but retained the concept of ramming, resulting in designs like HMSPolyphemus, which had five torpedo tubes, two each port and starboard and one mounted...
father secured him a Royal Navy appointment on HMSPolyphemus. Commanded by Captain Lawford, the Polyphemus carried 64 guns and, at the time of Franklin's...
Sea" – USS New York (BB-34) "Old Salt" – USS Nimitz "One-Eye" – HMSPolyphemus; Polyphemus was a cyclops in Greek mythology "Orjalaiva Kurjala" – Finnish...
taken in tow by HMSPolyphemus. On 25 October, the towing line parted in the continuing heavy weather, and another tow, this time from HMS Neptune, was not...
four years on HMSPolyphemus escorting convoy ships in the Atlantic and the Channel. He rejoined the Channel blockade fleet in 1801 on HMS Princess Royal...
testing site for the development of the Torpedo ram when the warship HMSPolyphemus undertook a simulated attack on a fleet at anchor off the town. The...
burst of fire from the British naval force under Commander Phillips of HMSPolyphemus. Kosoko eventually signed The Treaty of Epe on 28 September 1854 with...
from the Italia class of very fast battleships to the torpedo ram HMSPolyphemus. In the case of the latter, the armoured deck was of sufficient thickness...
Wars. Royal Navy ship-of-the-line HMSPolyphemus (64) under the command of Captain John Lawford, and the frigate HMS Lively (38) under the command of Captain...
Apostol, purchased from Spain in July 1794) - captured by the British HMSPolyphemus at Queenstown on 22 October 1795. The ships of the 4th Charter each...
a new type of submersible torpedo-craft, the Polyphemus class, in place of another planned battleship HMS Agincourt (the name was reused for a different...
was appointed flag captain to Rear-Admiral Sir George Murray, aboard HMSPolyphemus. In March 1802 Murray's squadron was employed in the transportation...
the Vlieter Incident on 30 August. Lawford took command of the 64-gun HMSPolyphemus in August 1800, and went out with the fleet sent out under Sir Hyde...
8 12 HMS Edgar Third rate 74 Commodore William Hotham Captain William Cayley 0 6 6 HMSPolyphemus Third rate 64 Captain William Finch 0 4 4 HMS Suffolk...
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