HMS Minos

Last updated December 16, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Minos, after the Minos of Greek mythology.

The first HMS Minos (1840) was an early steam vessel, operating on the Great Lakes from 1840 to 1852.
The second HMS Minos (1914) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer in service from 1914 to 1920.

In the Second World War, HMS Minos was a shore base at the Port of Lowestoft.

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

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