HMS Juno

Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Juno" after the Roman goddess

* The first "Juno" was a 32-gun ship launched in 1757 was a fifth rate sailing frigate which was burnt on 7 August 1778 to prevent capture by revolutionary forces at Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War.
* The second "Juno" was a 32-gun fifth rate Amazon-class frigate launched in 1780 and she was broken up in 1811.
* The third "Juno" was a sixth rate 26-gun ship launched in 1844 and later renamed "Mariner". As the training ship "Atalanta", she disappeared with her entire crew of around 280 after setting sail from Bermuda for England on 31 January 1880. It was presumed that she sank in a powerful storm which crossed her route a couple weeks after she sailed.
* The fourth "Juno" was a wooden-hulled steam corvette launched in 1867 and in 1887.
* The fifth "Juno", launched in 1895, was an "Eclipse"-class protected cruiser.
* The sixth "Juno", launched in 1938, J-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was sunk off Crete by Italian bombers on 21 May 1941.
* The last "Juno" (F52), launched in 1965, was a "Leander"-class frigate. She was scrapped in 1994.

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