HMS Galatea

Last updated October 08, 2021

HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.

HMS Galatea (1776) was a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship launched in 1776 and broken up in 1783.
HMS Galatea (1794) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and broken up 1809.
HMS Galatea (1810) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1810, a coal hulk after 1836, and broken up 1849.
HMS Galatea (1859) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1859 and broken up 1883. In 1866 she went on a world cruise, under the command of the Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
HMS Galatea (1887) was an Orlando-class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on 10 March 1887 and sold for scrapping on 5 April 1905.
HMS Galatea (1914) was an Arethusa-class light cruiser launched on 14 May 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard and sold 1921.
HMS Galatea (71) was a light cruiser of (another) Arethusaclass, launched on 9 August 1934 at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, Scotland, torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on 14 December 1941 with the loss of most of her crew.
HMS Galatea (1946) was a RNVR stone frigate in Kingston upon Hull decommissioned in 1958.^[1]^[2]
HMS Galatea (F18) was a Leander-class frigate built in 1963 and expended as a target in 1988.

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References

↑ "Rnvr (Humber Division)". Hansard. 8 October 1946. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
↑ "R.N.V.R. (Humber Division)". Hansard. 21 January 1958. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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[1] "Rnvr (Humber Division)". Hansard. 8 October 1946. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[2] "R.N.V.R. (Humber Division)". Hansard. 21 January 1958. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

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