- HMS Eclipse
Eight ships of Britain's
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Eclipse":*HMS|Eclipse|1797|6, a 12-gun, 169 ton gunboat launched at Blackwall on
29 March 1797 and sold in October 1802.
*HMS|Eclipse|1803|6, a 12-gun French brig originally called "Venteux" captured by the Royal Navy 1803. Renamed "Eagle" soon after capture, her name was changed on26 August 1803 to "Eclipse". Sold on7 April 1807
*HMS|Eclipse|1807|6 an 18-gun "Cruizer"-classbrig sloop launched at Dover on4 August 1807 and sold on31 August 1817 .
*HMS|Eclipse|1819|6, a 10-gun "Cherokee"-class brig sloop sold in10 November 1863 .
*HMS|Eclipse|1860|6, a 700-ton wooden screw sloop launched atMillwall on18 September 1860 and broken up in July 1867.
*HMS|Eclipse|1867|6, a 1,267-ton "Eclipse"-class woodenscrew sloop originally named "Sappho" but renamed before her launch at Sheerness on14 November 1867 and lent to the War Department for use as a storage hulk between 1888 and 1892. Sold in 1921.
*HMS|Eclipse|1894|6, thelead ship of her class of cruisers. Launched at Portsmouth on19 July 1894 and sold in August 1921.
*HMS|Eclipse|H08|6, anE and F class destroyer launched atDenny on12 April 1934 and sunk by a mine in theAegean Sea on24 October 1943 .References
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