HMS Spartan

HMS Spartan

HMS "Spartan" may refer to one of these vessels of the British Royal Navy named in recognition of the military abilities of the Spartans of ancient Greece.

* was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1806 and broken up 1822
* HMS "Spartan" was to have been a 46-gun fifth-rate; ordered from Plymouth Dockyard in 1824, the ship was cancelled in 1831
* was a 26-gun sixth-rate launched in 1841 and sold in 1862
* was an "Eclipse"-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1868 and sold in 1882
* was a 2nd class cruiser launched in 1891, sent to harbour service in 1907, renamed "Defiance" in 1921, and sold 1931
* was a cruiser launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944 by a Fritz X guided bomb
*, launched in 1978, is a nuclear powered submarine of the "Swiftsure" class

"See also:" HMS "Spartiate".


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