HMS Charybdis

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charybdis, after the sea monster Charybdis of Greek mythology.

• The first Template:HMS was an 18-gun brig-sloop in use from 1809 to 1819. She apparently became the whaler Greenwich which made three complete voyages and then wrecked in the Seychelles in 1833 while on her fourth.
• The second Template:HMS was a 10-gun brig-sloop in use from 1831 to 1843.
• The third Template:HMS was a screw corvette launched in 1859, loaned to Canada from 1880 to 1882, and sold 1884.
• The fourth Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass protected cruiser launched in 1893, converted to a cargo ship in 1918 and sold to Bermuda in 1922.
• The fifth Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1940 and sunk in the English Channel by German torpedo boats in 1943.
• The sixth Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1968 and sunk as a target in 1993.