HMS Nautilus

Ten vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Nautilus", after the Greek word for a sailor.

*The first "Nautilus" was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1762.
*The second "Nautilus" was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1784 and wrecked in 1799.
*The third "Nautilus" was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1807 under command of Edward Palmer.
*The fourth "Nautilus" was a 14-gun brig-sloop built c. 1794 and captured in 1815 by USS "Peacock".
*The fifth "Nautilus" was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1834.
*The sixth "Nautilus" was an 18-gun brig-sloop, launched in 1807 and broken up in 1823.
*The seventh "Nautilus" was a 10-gun brig-sloop, launched in 1830 and broken up in 1878.
*The eighth "Nautilus" was an 8-gun training brig, launched in 1879 and sold in 1905.
*The ninth "Nautilus", launched in 1910, was a "Beagle"-class destroyer. In World War I she served in the Dardanelles campaign. She was sold in 1920.
*The tenth "Nautilus", launched in 1917, was a submarine, renamed "N1" in 1918 and sold in 1922.

References

*Colledge