HMS Hesper

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hesper:

HMS Hesper (1809) was an 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop launched in 1809 and sold in 1817.
HMS Hesper (1855) was an iron screw storeship, formerly the Hesperus. She was transferred to the navy from the Treasury Department in 1855 and sold in 1868. She became the West Indies and Panama telegraph repair steamer Investigator, operating out of Saint Thomas till at least 1876.

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HMS Hesper was a British Royal Navy 18-gun ship-sloop of the Cormorant class, launched in 1809 at Dartmouth. Her original builder, Benjamin Tanner, became bankrupt during her construction, so John Cock completed her. In 1810 she was reclassed as a 20-gun sixth rate ship ; in 1817 she was again re-rated, this time as 26 guns. She served primarily in the Indian Ocean. In 1810 she participated in the Invasion of Isle de France. The next year Hesper participated in the capture of Java, which she followed in 1812 by capturing Timor. She was sold in 1817.

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