- HMS Triton
Eight vessels of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Triton" or HMS "Tryton", after Triton, the son ofPoseidon and Amphitrite, and the personification of the roaring waters:*HMS "Tryton" was a 42-gun
fifth-rate , originally the French ship "Triton", captured by the British in 1702 at thebattle of Vigo Bay , and sold in 1709.
*HMS "Tryton" was a sloop in commission in 1741.
*HMS "Tryton" was a 24-gunsixth-rate frigate launched in 1745 and burned on 28 April 1758 to avoid capture by the French.
*HMS "Triton" was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1771. She served with Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood's fleet offNevis on 25 January 1782. She was broken up in 1796.
*HMS "Triton" was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1796. She served in the French Revolutionary andNapoleonic Wars and was broken up in 1820.
*HMS "Triton" was an iron paddle sloop launched in 1846 and sold in 1872.
*HMS "Triton" was a paddle survey vessel launched in 1882. She was aschool ship at Gravesend from 1919, and was broken up in 1961.
*HMS "Triton" was a T classsubmarine launched in 1937 and sunk in 1940.ee also
*HMS "Tryton Prize" was a 28-gun sixth rate, formerly the French
privateer "Royal". She was captured in 1705 by HMS "Tryton" and was sold in 1709.
*RV "Triton" was an experimentaltrimaran operated by the Royal Navy in the early 2000s before being sold to theMaritime and Coastguard Agency in 2005 as a survey vessel. She was not commissioned however and did not carry the HMS prefix.References
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