|
The following ships of the Royal Navy were assigned the name ''Calypso'', after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology: *HMS Calypso (1783), a 16-gun sloop of 342 tons burthen bm, launched at Graves, Deptford 27 September 1783. She sank during a violent storm on 30 July 1803 with the loss of all her crew when a heavily laden West Indiaman ran afoul of her.〔Grocott (1997), p.153.〕 *HMS Calypso (1805), an 18-gun sloop of the ''Cruizer'' class launched at Dudman, Deptford Wharf 2 February 1805; not broken up until 1921. *HMS Calypso (1826), a 10-gun ''Cherokee'' class brig-sloop. Ordered 1824 for construction at Deptford Dockyard; renamed ''Hyaena'' in 1826; and cancelled 21 February 1831. *''Calypso'' was to be a 10-gun brig-sloop of the ''Cherokee'' class. Laid down March 1825 at Chatham Dockyard as HMS ''Hyaena''; launched 19 August 1826 and renamed ''Calypso'' that same year; completed as a yacht for the governor of Malta. Later a packet brig for Royal Navy. Lost 1 February 1833. *''Calypso'', to be a 10-gun brig-sloop of the ''Cherokee'' class. Laid down 1829 at Woolwich dockyard; renamed ''Hyaena'' in 1830; cancelled 1831. *HMS Calypso (1845), a sixth rate launched at Chatham Dockyard in May 1845; broken up 29 January 1866.〔(Britain's Navy: HMS Calypso (1845) ) Retrieved 2012-03-27〕 *HMS Blonde (1819), a 46-gun fifth rate of 1,103 tons bm. Launched at Deptford Dockyard 12 January 1819. Relegated to harbour service in 1850; renamed HMS ''Calypso'' 9 March 1870, and sold 28 February 1895. *HMS Calypso (1883), a ''Calypso''-class corvette launched in 1883, used as a training ship for the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve from 1902, renamed HMS ''Briton'' in 1916, sold in 1922 and used as a storage hulk, and now awash north of Lewisporte. *HMS Calypso (D61), a C class cruiser of the "Caledon" sub-class; launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine ''Bagnolini''. ==See also== * The ''Calypso'' (ex-Royal Navy minesweeper HMS ''J-026''), research ship of Jacques-Yves Cousteau 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 Calypso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|