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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Cerberus'' or ''Cerbere'' after the three-headed dog named Cerberus that guards Hades in Greek mythology: * HMS ''Cerberus'' was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1758 and burnt in 1778. * HMS ''Cerberus'' was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1779 and wrecked on Bermuda〔Bermuda Shipwrecks http://www.shipwreckexpo.com/bermudashipwreckscerberus.htm〕 in 1783. * HMS ''Cerberus'' was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1794 and sold in 1814 after service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. * HMS ''Cerbere'' was a 7-gun gun-brig that HMS ''Viper'' captured from the French in 1800. She was wrecked in 1804. * HMS ''Cerberus'' was a 46-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1827 and broken up by 1866. ==See also== The Royal Australian Navy have used the name for a number of ships and shore establishments: *HMVS ''Cerberus'' was a breastwork monitor launched in 1868. She converted into a depot ship in 1918 and was renamed ''Platypus II''. She was sunk as a breakwater in 1926. *HMAS ''Cerberus'' is a training establishment opened in 1920 in Victoria. *HMAS ''Protector'' was named HMAS ''Cerberus'' in 1921 when serving as a tender to the training establishment. 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 Cerberus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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