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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Arethusa'' or HMS ''Arethuse'', after the Greek mythological nymph Arethusa who was transformed by Artemis into a fountain. * was a 32-gun fifth-rate ship captured from the French Navy in 1759 and wrecked in 1779. Its Action of 17 June 1778 is the subject of the ballad: The Saucy Arethusa. * was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1814. * was a 38-gun fifth-rate captured from the French in 1793, renamed HMS ''Undaunted'' in 1795, and wrecked in 1796. * was a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1817, and renamed HMS ''Bacchus'' in 1844 upon her conversion into a hulk; she was broken up in 1883. * was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1849. She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1861 and became a training ship in 1874. She was broken up in 1934. * was a ''Leander''-class protected cruiser launched in 1882 and scrapped in 1905. * was an ''Arethusa''-class light cruiser launched in 1913 and wrecked after being damaged by a naval mine in 1916. * was an ''Arethusa''-class light cruiser launched in 1934 and scrapped in 1950. * was a ''Leander''-class frigate launched in 1963 and sunk as training target in 1991. ==Battle honours== *Ushant 1778 & 1781 *St Lucia 1796 *Curacoa 1807 *Black Sea 1854 *China 1900 *Heligoland 1914 *Dogger Bank 1915 *Norway 1940-41 *Malta Convoys 1941-42 *Normandy 1944〔(HMS ''Arethusa'', British light cruiser, WW2 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Arethusa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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