HMS Hermione

HMS Hermione

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Hermione" after Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology.

The first three ships were captured from the French between 1757 and 1760 and never appeared in the Navy List.

*HMS "Hermione" was a 32-gun fifth-rate, launched in 1782. On 1797-09-22 her crew mutinied in the West Indies and handed her to the Spanish. She was recaptured in 1799, renamed "Retaliation", and renamed again to "Retribution" in 1800. She was broken up in 1805.
*HMS "Hermione" was an "Astraea"-class protected cruiser launched in 1893. She served in World War I and was sold in 1921.
*HMS "Hermione" (74) was a "Dido"-class light cruiser, launched in 1939. She served in World War II and was sunk in the Mediterranean by the German submarine "U-205" on 1942-06-16.
*HMS "Hermione" (F58) was a "Leander"-class frigate launched in 1967 and scrapped in 1997.

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