HMS Hydra launched in 1797 was a fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. From 1813 to 1817 she served as a troopship. She was sold in 1820. She was built...
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frigate HMS Hydra (1797), a 38-gun fifth rate HMS Hydra (1838), a wooden steam paddle sloop Hydra-class sloop, a class of British steam sloops HMS Hydra (1871)...
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HMS Hydra, after the Lernaean Hydra of Greek mythology: HMS Hydra (1778) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1778 and sold in 1783. HMS Hydra (1797)...
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borne the name HMS Hecate, after Hecate, a goddess in early Greek mythology: HMS Hecate (1797) was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sunk as a breakwater...
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Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland. HMS Hecla (1797) was a 10-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1797. She participated in the...
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1798 Fate: Destroyed on 29 May 1798 in the mouth of the Dives (river) by HMS Hydra. This is based on the descriptions of the member of the class that the...
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HMS Cambrian was a Royal Navy 40-gun fifth-rate frigate. She was built and launched at Bursledon in 1797 and served in the English Channel, off North America...
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HMS Dictator was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 January 1783 at Limehouse. She was converted into a troopship in...
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grounded at Mauritius and destroyed to prevent capture 1810 HMS Hydra 38-gun fifth rate 1797; built to the lines of the French Melpomène, captured in 1794...
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The French were unable to escape, and Laforey's ship, the fifth rate HMS Hydra, engaged the French corvette Confiante, while two smaller British ships...
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