Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, two of them prizes, had the French spelling of the name, Achille.
HMSAchilles(1863) was a broadside ironcladfrigate launched in 1863. She became a base ship in 1902 and was renamed HMS Hibernia. She was renamed HMS Egmont in 1904, HMS Egremont in 1916 and HMS Pembroke in 1919. She was sold in 1923.
↑ Colledge, J. J. (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: an historical index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p.12.
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