HMS Abdiel

HMS Abdiel

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Abdiel", after Abdiel, a Seraph in Milton's "Paradise Lost".

*HMS|Abdiel|1915|6 was a "Marksman" class destroyer, built as HMS "Ithuriel" but renamed before being launched in 1915. She was sold for scrapping in 1936.
*HMS|Abdiel|M39|6 was an "Abdiel" class minelayer launched in 1940 and sunk by a mine in 1943.
*HMS|Abdiel|N21|6 was an exercise minelayer and mine countermeasures support ship launched in 1967 and broken up in 1988.


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