HMS Hector

Last updated December 26, 2021

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hector, named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad.

The first HMS Hector (1643) was a 22-gun ship sold in 1656.
The second HMS Hector (1653) was a 30-gun ship sold in 1657.
The third HMS Hector (1656) was a 22-gun ship sunk by the Dutch Navy in 1665.
The fourth HMS Hector (1703) was a 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1742.
The fifth HMS Hector (1743) was another 44-gun fourth rate sold in 1762.
The sixth HMS Hector (1763) was cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773.
The seventh HMS Hector (1774) was a 74-gun third rate launched at Deptford in 1774 and converted to a prison ship in 1808.
The eighth HMS Hector (1782) was a 74-gun third rate captured from France in April 1782 that foundered in October.
The ninth HMS Hector (1862) was the first ship of her class of iron steam propelled battleships and launched in 1862, and scrapped in 1905.
The tenth HMS Hector (1915) was a requisitioned merchant ship used as a kite balloon ship in the Dardanelles campaign (1915), and returned to civil service in 1918.
The eleventh HMS Hector (F45) was an armed merchant cruiser that served in World War II and was damaged beyond repair by Japanese aircraft in 1942.

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