HMS Sapphire

HMS Sapphire

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Sapphire", after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone:

* was a 34-gun ship launched in 1651 and run ashore to avoid capture in 1671.
* was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1675 and sunk by the French in 1696.
* was a 42-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, hulked in 1740 and sold in 1745.
* was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741. She was reduced to 32 guns in 1756 and had been hulked by 1780. She was sold in 1784,
* was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1822.
* was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1827 and sold in 1864.
* was a "Amethyst" class wooden screw corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1892.
* was a "Topaze" class third-class protected cruiser launched in 1904 and sold for scrap in 1921.

ee also

* HMS "Sapphire II" was a temporary name for the armoured cruiser HMS|Imperieuse|1883|6 while she was a destroyer depot ship between 1905 and 1909.
* was a 10-gun sloop captured in 1745 by HMS|Sapphire|1741|6, and wrecked several months later.


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