Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aeolus, after one of a number of figures named Aeolus who appear in Greek mythology:[Note 1]

  • HMS Aeolus (1758) was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1758. She was placed on harbour service in 1796, renamed HMS Guernsey in 1800, and was broken up in 1801.
  • HMS Aeolus (1800) was formerly the French ship Pallas, a 36-gun fifth rate, that a squadron captured in 1800 off the coast of France. She was renamed to Pique in 1801.[1] She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
  • HMS Aeolus (1801) was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1801 and broken up 1817.
  • HMS Aeolus (1825) was a 46-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1825. She was used for harbour service from 1855 and was broken up in 1886.
  • HMS Aeolus (1891) was an Apollo-class second-class protected cruiser launched in 1891 and sold in 1914.

Notes

  1. ↑ Note, in old records the name is sometimes given as Eolus, or Æolus.

References

Citations

  1. ↑ National Maritime Museum database vessel ID#379457.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • "NMM, vessel ID 379457" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

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