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 at Rotherhithe. 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 at Woolwich 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 screw sloop launched in 1865 and sunk on 10 July 1866 in a collision in the English Channel.
*HMS "Amazon", launched 1908, was a Tribal-class destroyer stationed at Dover, 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 the Second World War, and was broken up in 1948.
*HMS "Amazon" (F169), launched in 1971, was the first Type 21 frigates, and the only one not to take part in the Falklands War. She was sold to Pakistan in 1993 and renamed "Babur".