Six ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Perseus, after the Greek hero
Perseus:
HMS Perseus (1776) was a 20-gun
sixth rate launched in 1776; she was the first vessel of the Royal Navy to be sheathed in copper.[1] She was converted to a
bomb vessel in 1799 and was broken up in 1805.
HMS Perseus (1812) was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1812. She was used for harbour service from 1818 and was broken up in 1850.
HMS Perseus (1861) was a
Camelion-class wooden
screw sloop launched in 1861. She was used for harbour service from 1886, was renamed HMS Defiance II in 1904 and was probably sold in 1912.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Six ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Perseus, after the Greek hero
Perseus:
HMS Perseus (1776) was a 20-gun
sixth rate launched in 1776; she was the first vessel of the Royal Navy to be sheathed in copper.[1] She was converted to a
bomb vessel in 1799 and was broken up in 1805.
HMS Perseus (1812) was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1812. She was used for harbour service from 1818 and was broken up in 1850.
HMS Perseus (1861) was a
Camelion-class wooden
screw sloop launched in 1861. She was used for harbour service from 1886, was renamed HMS Defiance II in 1904 and was probably sold in 1912.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.