HMS Acasta

HMS Acasta

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Acasta", whilst another two were planned:

*HMS "Acasta" was a 40-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1797 and broken up in 1821.
*HMS "Acasta" was to have been a wooden screw frigate. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
*HMS "Acasta" was an "Acasta" class destroyer launched in 1912 and sold for scrapping in 1921.
*HMS "Acasta" was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929. She was sunk in 1940 by the German battlecruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau".
*HMS "Acasta" was to have been an "Amphion"-class submarine, but was cancelled in 1945.

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