HMS Perseus

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Perseus, after the Greek hero Perseus:

• Template:HMS was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776; she was the first vessel of the Royal Navy to be sheathed in copper.<ref>Chambers & Thomson (1870), Vol. 2, p.429.</ref> She was converted to a bomb vessel in 1799 and was broken up in 1805.
• Template:HMS was a 22-gun sixth rate launched in 1812. She was used for harbour service from 1818 and was broken up in 1850.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass 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.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass protected cruiser launched in 1897 and sold for scrap in 1914.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1929 and sunk in 1941 during the Second World War.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass launched in 1944 as HMS Edgar but renamed a few months later. She was scrapped in 1958.

References

• Chambers, Robert & Thomas Thomson (1870) A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Vol. 2. (Blackie and son).
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| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
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