HMS Minerva

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Minerva, after the goddess Minerva of Roman mythology.

Template:HMS was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1759, captured by the French in 1778, recaptured in 1781 and renamed HMS Recovery. She was sold in 1784.
Template:HMS was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1780, converted to troopship Pallas in 1798, and broken up 1803.
Template:HMS was a 29-gun storeship purchased in 1781 and sold 1783.
Template:HMS was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1805 and broken up 1815.
Template:HMS was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1820, sent to harbour service 1861, and sold 1895.
Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass protected cruiser launched in 1895 and sold in 1920.
Template:HMS was the monitor Template:HMS, built in 1915, converted to a coastal minelayer and renamed in 1925, renamed as a boom defence workshop C23(M), and as hulk C23 in 1946, and later known as RMAS Minerva.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1964 and sold for scrap in 1993.

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