HMS Amphion

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Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion.

HMS Amphion (1780), launched in 1780, was a 32-gun fifth-rate.
HMS Amphion (1798), launched in 1798, was a 32-gun fifth-rate.
HMS Amphion (1846), launched in 1846, was a wooden-hulled screw frigate.
HMS Amphion (1883), launched in 1883, was a Leander-class protected cruiser.
HMS Amphion (1911), launched in 1911, was an Active-class scout cruiser, she was sunk on the 6 August 1914 becoming the first Royal Navy ship to be sunk in World War I.^[1]
HMS Amphion, launched in 1934, was a Leander-class light cruiser transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and renamed HMAS Perth.
HMS Amphion (P439), launched in 1944, was the name ship of her class of submarines. (Before launch she swapped names with HMS Anchorite.)

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermione after Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology.

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Naiad after a Greek mythological figure, the Naiad

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jupiter, after the Roman god Jupiter.

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Juno after the Roman goddess Juno:

Seven ships of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been called HMS Pallas. See Pallas (disambiguation) for various figures called "Pallas" in Greek mythology.

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References

↑ "The First + Last Commonwealth Casualties".

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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[1] "The First + Last Commonwealth Casualties".

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