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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Minotaur'' after the minotaur, a creature in Greek mythology: *HMS ''Minotaur'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1793. She fought at the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar and was wrecked in 1810 off Texel. *HMS ''Minotaur'' was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1816, renamed ''Hermes'' in 1866 and broken up in 1869. *HMS ''Minotaur'', ordered as ''Elephant'' but renamed ''Minotaur'' before being launched in 1863, was the lead ship of the ''Minotaur'' class of ironclad battleships. She was renamed ''Boscawen II'' in 1904, ''Ganges'' in 1906 and ''Ganges II'' in 1908, and broken up in 1922. *HMS ''Minotaur'' was the lead ship of the ''Minotaur'' class of armoured cruisers, launched in 1906 and broken up in 1920. *HMS ''Minotaur'' was to have been a Town-class cruiser. She was renamed HMS ''Newcastle'' before her launch in 1936. She served in the Second World War and was broken up in 1959. *HMS ''Minotaur'' was the lead ship of the ''Minotaur'' class of light cruisers, launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1944 and renamed . She was decommissioned in 1958 and broken up in 1960. ==References== * 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 Minotaur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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