HMS Hero
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Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hero, invoking the concept of the hero.
- The first Hero was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1759, a prison ship after 1793, renamed Rochester in 1800, and broken up 1810.
- The second Hero was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1803 and wrecked in 1811.
- The third Hero was a 74-gun third-rate launched in September 1816, renamed Wellington in December, becoming the training ship Akbar in 1862 and broken up 1908.
- The fourth Hero was a screw-propelled 91-gun second-rate, launched in 1858 and sold 1871.
- The fifth Hero was a turret ship launched in 1885 and sunk as a target in 1908.
- The sixth Hero (H99) was a destroyer launched in 1936 and transferred to Canada as Chaudiere in 1943, broken up 1946.
- There was a fictional seventh Hero (F42) on which the popular and acclaimed Warship BBC television drama series was set during the 1970s. This was the real Leander class frigate HMS Phoebe (F42).
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