HMS Hebe

HMS Hebe

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Hebe", after the Greek goddess Hebe.

* The first "Hebe" was a French 38-gun fifth-rate captured in 1782, renamed "Blonde" in 1805, and broken up in 1811.

* The second "Hebe" was a 32-gun fifth-rate in service from 1804 to 1813.

* The third "Hebe" was a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1826, made a receiving ship in 1839, hulked in 1861, and broken up 1873.

* The fourth "Hebe" was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sold 1919.

* The fifth "Hebe" was a minesweeper launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine off Bari in November 1943.

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