HMS Calypso
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A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calypso after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
- HMS Calypso (1883) is a Calypso-class corvette launched in 1883, renamed HMS Briton to serve as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve of Newfoundland, sold in 1922, and used as a storage hulk. Berthed at Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador awaiting restoration. She and her sister ship Calliope were the last two corvettes to be powered by steam and sail.
- HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the "Caledon" sub-class launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Bagnolini.
See also
- The Calypso (ex-Royal Navy minesweeper HMS J-026), research ship of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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