- HMS Leopard
Eleven vessels of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Leopard" after theleopard :* The first "Leopard" was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653.
* The second "Leopard" was a 54-gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699.
* The third "Leopard" was a 6-gunfireship purchased in 1672 and expended the following year. John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672.
* The fourth "Leopard" was a 54-gunfourth-rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739.
* The fifth "Leopard" was a 50-gunfourth-rate in service from 1741 to 1761.
* The sixth "Leopard", famous for her role in theChesapeake-Leopard Affair , was a 50-gunfourth-rate launched in 1790, atroopship from 1812, and wrecked 1814.
* The seventh "Leopard" was a 4-gun vessel formerly a Dutchhoy , purchased 1794 and sold 1808.
* The eighth "Leopard" was a wooden-hulledpaddle frigate , launched 1850 and sold 1867.
* The ninth "Leopard" was a C class destroyer in service from 1897 to 1919.
* The tenth "Leopard", launched in 1927, was a French "Chacal"-classdestroyer , seized in 1940, transferred to theFree French forces and wrecked offBenghazi on 27 May 1943.
* The eleventh "Leopard" (F14), launched in 1955, was the lead ship of her class offrigate s. She was broken up in 1977.
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