HMS Hebe

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hebe, after the Greek goddess Hebe.

• The first Hebe was a French 38-gun fifth-rate captured in 1782, renamed Blonde in 1805, and broken up in 1811.

• The second Hebe was a 32-gun fifth-rate in service from 1804 to 1813.

• The third Hebe was a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1826, made a receiving ship in 1839, hulked in 1861, and broken up 1873.

• The fourth Hebe was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sold 1919.

• The fifth Hebe was a minesweeper launched in 1936 and sunk by a mine off Bari in November 1943.

Reference

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy

 

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