- HMS Amazon
Nine ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Amazon", after the mythical female warriors.*HMS "Amazon" was a 26-gun
frigate , formerly the French ship "Panthere", captured in 1745. She was sold in 1763.
*HMS "Amazon" was a 32-gun frigate launched in 1733 and broken up in 1794.
*HMS "Amazon" was a 36-gun frigate launched in 1795 atRotherhithe . She ran aground and was lost in 1797 when HMS "Indefatigable" and HMS "Amazon" successfully defeated the French ship "Droits de l'Homme" in 1797.
*HMS "Amazon" was a 38-gun frigate launched in 1799 atWoolwich and broken up in 1817.
*HMS "Amazon" was a 46-gun frigate launched in 1821. She was converted to carry 24 guns in 1844 and sold in 1863.
*HMS "Amazon" was a wood screwsloop launched in 1865 and sunk on 10 July 1866 in a collision in theEnglish Channel .
*HMS "Amazon", launched 1908, was a Tribal-classdestroyer stationed atDover, England during the First World War. She was broken up in 1919.
*HMS "Amazon" (D39), launched 1926, was a prototype destroyer, the first new build for the Royal Navy after World War I. She served in theSecond World War , and was broken up in 1948.
*HMS "Amazon" (F169), launched in 1971, was the first Type 21frigate s, and the only one not to take part in theFalklands War . She was sold toPakistan in 1993 and renamed "Babur".
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