HMS Achille

HMS Achille

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Achille", after the Greek hero Achilles. The French spelling celebrates the capture of ships of this name from the French.

*HMS|Achille|1745|6 was an 8-gun French sloop captured in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession.
*HMS|Achille|1780|6 was a storeship purchased in 1780 and sold in 1784.
*HMS|Achille|1778|6 was a 78-gun third-rate ship of the line, originally launched as the French "Annibal" in 1778. She was renamed "Achille" in 1786, and was captured at the Glorious First of June in 1794. She was broken up in 1796.
*HMS|Achille|1798|6 was 74-gun third-rate launched in 1798. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and was sold in 1865.

ee also

* HMS "Achilles"

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