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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Zephyr'' after the Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind: * HMS ''Zephyr'', originally the sloop HMS ''Merlin'', was captured by a French privateer in 1757. The British recaptured her in 1757 and the Royal Navy took her into service as ''Zephyr''. The French frigate ''Gracieuse'' recaptured her in August 1778;〔Hepper (1994), p.53.〕 she was disarmed and sold at Toulon in January 1780 for Lt44,200.〔Demerliac (1996), p.71, #447.〕 The purchasers turned her into a privateer, which the British privateer ''Fame'' captured and burnt on 26 August 1780.〔Hepper (1994), p.53.〕 * , launched in 1779, she was a 14-gun sloop. She was renamed ''Navy Transport'' in 1782, and then ''Dispatch'' in 1783 before being sold in 1798. * , launched in 1795, she was a 10-gun fireship. She was sold in 1808. * , launched in 1809, she was a 16-gun brig-sloop. She was sold in 1818 for breaking up. * , launched in 1823, she was a 6-gun packet-brig. She was sold in 1836. * , transferred into service in 1837, she was a 3-gun wooden paddle picket. She was sold in 1865 for breaking up. * , launched in 1873, she was a 4-gun composite screw gunboat. She was sold in 1889 to become a salvage vessel. She was broken up in 1929. * , launched in 1895, she was a destroyer. She was sold in 1920. * , launched in 1943, she was a Z-class destroyer. She was broken up in 1958. ==Battle honours== * Quebec 1759 * Martinique 1762 * Copenhagen 1801 * Baltic 1854 * Arctic 1945 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 Zephyr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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