HMS Achates

HMS Achates

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Achates" after Achates, a character in Roman mythology. A sixth was planned but never completed:

*HMS|Achates|1573|6 was a 13-gun ship launched in 1573, hulked in 1590 and sold in 1605.
*HMS|Achates|1808|6 was a 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1810 off Guadeloupe.
*HMS|Achates|1809|6 was a 16-gun brig-sloop, originally the French "Le Milan", captured in 1809 and sold in 1818.
*HMS|Achates|1912|6 was an "Acasta"-class destroyer launched in 1912 and sold in 1921.
*HMS|Achates|H12|6 was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929 and sunk in 1942 by the German cruiser "Admiral Hipper".
*HMS "Achates" was to have been an "Amphion"-class submarine. She was launched in 1945, but was never completed, and was sunk as a target in 1950.

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