HMS Serapis

HMS Serapis

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Serapis", after the god Serapis of Hellenistic Egypt.

* The first "Serapis" was a 44-gun sailing frigate launched in 1779 and captured later that year by the American John Paul Jones.

* The second "Serapis" was a 44-gun sailing frigate launched in 1782, converted to a storeship in 1795, and sold at Jamaica in 1826.

* The third "Serapis" was an iron screw troopship in service from 1866 to 1894.

* The fourth "Serapis" was a destroyer launched in 1918 and sold 1934.

* The fifth "Serapis" was a destroyer launched in March 1943, transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in October as HNLMS "Piet Hein", and broken up in 1962.

References

* J. J. Colledge, "Ships of the Royal Navy"
* [http://www.fragrantsword.com/serapis Fragrantsword]


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