HMS Hannibal

HMS Hannibal

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Hannibal" after the Carthaginian leader Hannibal Barca:

*HMS|Hannibal|1779, a 50-gun ship of the line, launched in 1779 and captured by the French in 1782
*HMS|Hannibal|1782, a 14-gun sloop built in 1782, and foundered in 1788
*HMS|Hannibal|1786, a 74-gun third rate vessel, launched in 1786 and captured by the French during the first part of the Battle of Algeciras Bay on July 5, 1801
*HMS|Hannibal|1810, also a 74-gun third rate vessel launched in 1810. She was on harbour service from 1825 and was broken up in 1833.
*HMS "Hannibal" (1840), ordered as a 90-gun second rate, but was cancelled and reordered as HMS|Hannibal|1854
*HMS|Hannibal|1854, a 91-gun ship of the line launched in 1854. She served in the Crimean War, commanded by John Charles Dalrymple Hay; and was sold in 1904.
*HMS|Hannibal|1896, a "Majestic" class battleship which served as a troopship during World War I.


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