HMS Arethusa
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]
In the Crimean War, she took part in the bombardment of Odessa and Sebastopol
1854 Said to have been the last British man-of-war to have gone into action under sail.
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