HMS Calypso

HMS Calypso

A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Calypso" after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.

*HMS "Calypso" (1883) is a "Calypso"-class corvette launched in 1883, renamed HMS "Briton" to serve as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve of Newfoundland, sold in 1922, and used as a storage hulk. Berthed at Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador awaiting restoration. She and her sister ship "Calliope" were the last two corvettes to be powered by steam and sail.
* HMS "Calypso" (D61) was a C class cruiser of the "Caledon" sub-class launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine "Bagnolini".

ee also

* The "Calypso" (ex-Royal Navy minesweeper HMS "J-026"), research ship of Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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