HMS Arethusa

1759 A French ship, the Arethuse was captured and added to the British Fleet^[1]

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

Another ship of this name was used for testing ranging equipment

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 to bear this name.

1933 The old Arethusa was sent to the ship breakers

1960s One of the new Leander class frigates was named HMS Arethusa

1990 HMS Arethusa was paid off^[4]

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