HMS Melampus

HMS Melampus

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Melampus" after the legengary Greek soothsayer Melampus.

# HMS "Melampus" was a fifth rate frigate captured in 1757 and sold soon afterwards.
# HMS "Melampus" was a fifth rate frigate built in 1785 and sold in 1815 after service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
# HMS "Melampus" was a fifth rate frigate built in 1820 and sold in 1908.
# HMS "Melampus" was a light cruiser built in 1890 and sold in 1910.
# HMS "Melampus" was a destroyer built in 1914 which was broken up in 1921 after service in the First World War.
# HMS "Melampus" was a shore establishment at Bathurst between 1941 and 1945.


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