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Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Leopard'' after the leopard: * The first ''Leopard'' was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653. * The second ''Leopard'' was a 54-gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699. John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672. * The third ''Leopard'' was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and expended the following year at the Battle of Texel. * The fourth ''Leopard'' was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739. * The fifth ''Leopard'' was a 50-gun fourth rate in service from 1741 to 1761. * The sixth ''Leopard'', famous for her role in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1790, a troopship from 1812, and wrecked 1814. * The seventh ''Leopard'' was a 4-gun vessel formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased 1794 and sold 1808. * The eighth ''Leopard'' was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate, launched 1850 and sold 1867. * The ninth ''Leopard'' was a C-class destroyer in service from 1897 to 1919. * The tenth ''Leopard'', launched in 1927, was a French ''Chacal''-class destroyer, seized in 1940, transferred to the Free French forces and wrecked off Benghazi on 27 May 1943. * The eleventh ''Leopard'', launched in 1955, was the lead ship of her class of frigates. She was broken up in 1977. 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 Leopard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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