HMS Pluto

HMS Pluto

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pluto, after Pluto, a God of Roman mythology:

*HMS "Pluto" was an 8-gun fire ship purchased from civilian service in 1745 when she had been named "Roman Emperor". She was sold in 1747.
*HMS "Pluto" was an 8-gun fire ship purchased from civilian service in 1756 when she had been named "New Concord". She was sold in 1762.
*HMS "Pluto" was previously HMS "Tamar", a 16-gun sloop. She was renamed HMS "Pluto" when she was converted into a fire ship in 1777, and was captured by the French in 1780.
*HMS "Pluto" was a 14-gun fire ship launched in 1782 and sold in 1817.
*HMS "Pluto" was a wood paddle gunvessel launched in 1831 and broken up in 1861.
*HMS "Pluto" was an "Algerine" class minesweeper launched in 1944 and sold in 1972.

A fictional HMS "Pluto" appears as the admiral's flagship in the Horatio Hornblower novel "A Ship of the Line".


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