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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Sapphire'', after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone: * was a 34-gun ship launched in 1651 and run ashore to avoid capture in 1671. * was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1675 and scuttled by her captain (Capt. Thomas Cleasby) to prevent capture by the French in 1696. * was a 42-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, hulked in 1740 and sold in 1745. * was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741. She was reduced to 32 guns in 1756 and had been hulked by 1780. She was sold in 1784, * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1822. * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1827 and sold in 1864. * was a ''Amethyst'' class wooden screw corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1892. * was a ''Topaze'' class third-class protected cruiser launched in 1904 and sold for scrap in 1921. ==See also== * HMS ''Sapphire II'' was a temporary name for the armoured cruiser while she was a destroyer depot ship between 1905 and 1909. * was a 10-gun sloop captured in 1745 by , and wrecked several months later. 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 Sapphire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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