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1759 A French ship, the Arethuse was captured and added to the British Fleet<ref>The Times Mar. 6, 1934</ref> | 1759 A French ship, the Arethuse was captured and added to the British Fleet<ref>The Times Mar. 6, 1934</ref>. She was wrecked in 1779 | ||
1781 A 38-gun fifth-rate ship of this name was launched | |||
1814 Broken up. | |||
1817 Another ship of this name was launched, a 46-gun fifth-rate | |||
1844 Renamed HMS Bacchus in 1844 upon her conversion into a hulk; she was broken up in 1883. | |||
1849 HMS Arethusa was launched from the Pembroke Dockyard, a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate<ref>The Times Jan. 11, 1934</ref> | 1849 HMS Arethusa was launched from the Pembroke Dockyard, a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate<ref>The Times Jan. 11, 1934</ref> | ||
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1874 Laid up at Greenhithe she became a training ship, the [[Arethusa]] | 1874 Laid up at Greenhithe she became a training ship, the [[Arethusa]] | ||
1882 A Leander-class protected cruiser bearing this name was launched. Amongst other duties, she was used for testing ranging equipment. | |||
1905 Scrapped | |||
1914 A new ship of this name was built at Chatham | 1914 A new ship of this name was built at Chatham | ||
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1916 Sunk by a mine | 1916 Sunk by a mine | ||
1933 Keel laid for a new cruiser<ref>The Times Jan. 26, 1933</ref>, the ninth to bear this name. | 1933 Keel laid for a new cruiser<ref>The Times Jan. 26, 1933</ref>, the ninth (sic) to bear this name.<ref>The Times Mar. 6, 1934</ref> | ||
1933 The old [[Arethusa]] was sent to the ship breakers | 1933 The old [[Arethusa]] was sent to the ship breakers | ||
1950 The cruiser Arethusa was scrapped | |||
1963 One of the new Leander-class frigates was named HMS Arethusa | |||
1990 HMS Arethusa was paid off<ref>The Times July 28, 1990</ref> | 1990 HMS Arethusa was paid off<ref>The Times July 28, 1990</ref> and sunk as training target in 1991 | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 14:48, 10 March 2023
1759 A French ship, the Arethuse was captured and added to the British Fleet[1]. She was wrecked in 1779
1781 A 38-gun fifth-rate ship of this name was launched
1814 Broken up.
1817 Another ship of this name was launched, a 46-gun fifth-rate
1844 Renamed HMS Bacchus in 1844 upon her conversion into a hulk; she was broken up in 1883.
1849 HMS Arethusa was launched from the Pembroke Dockyard, a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate[2]
Said to have been the last British man-of-war to have gone into action.
In the Crimean War, she took part in the bombardment of Odessa and Sebastopol
1861 she was converted to a steam screw frigate.
1874 Laid up at Greenhithe she became a training ship, the Arethusa
1882 A Leander-class protected cruiser bearing this name was launched. Amongst other duties, she was used for testing ranging equipment.
1905 Scrapped
1914 A new ship of this name was built at Chatham
1916 Sunk by a mine
1933 Keel laid for a new cruiser[3], the ninth (sic) to bear this name.[4]
1933 The old Arethusa was sent to the ship breakers
1950 The cruiser Arethusa was scrapped
1963 One of the new Leander-class frigates was named HMS Arethusa
1990 HMS Arethusa was paid off[5] and sunk as training target in 1991
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia