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c.1840 HMS Arethusa was built, a 50-gun frigate[1]
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
c.1875 Laid up at Greenhithe as a training ship, the Arethusa
1933 Keel laid for the new cruiser of this name[2]
1933 The old Arethusa was sent to the ship breakers
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