HMS Regulus

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Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Regulus, after the star:

HMS Regulus (1785) was a fifth rate ship of 44 guns, launched at Northam in January 1785 and converted to a troopship in 1793. Because Regulus served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.^[1]Regulus was broken up in March 1816.
HMS Regulus (N88) was a Rainbow-class submarine launched at Barrow-in-Furness in June 1930 and lost in December 1940, possibly sunk by a mine near Taranto, Southern Italy.^[2]^[3]
HMS Regulus (J327) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched at Toronto in September 1943 and originally to have been called HMCS Longbranch.^[2] In January 1945 a mine sank her off Corfu.^[4]

Sources

↑ "No. 21077". The London Gazette . 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
1 2 "HMS Regulus - R-class Submarine". NavalHistory.net. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
↑ "HMS Regulus (i) (N 88)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
↑ "HMS Regulus (ii) - Algerine-class Fleet Minesweeper". NavalHistory.net. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

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References

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] "No. 21077". The London Gazette . 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

[88R-2] 1 2 "HMS Regulus - R-class Submarine". NavalHistory.net. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

[3] "HMS Regulus (i) (N 88)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

[4] "HMS Regulus (ii) - Algerine-class Fleet Minesweeper". NavalHistory.net. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

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