HMS Juno
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Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Juno after the Roman goddess
- The first Juno was a 32-gun ship launched in 1757 was a fifth rate sailing frigate which was burnt on 7 August 1778 to prevent capture by revolutionary forces at Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War.
- The second Juno was a 32-gun fifth rate Amazon-class frigate launched in 1780 and she was broken up in 1811.
- The third Juno was a sixth rate 26-gun ship launched in 1844 and later renamed Mariner. As the training ship Atalanta, she disappeared with her entire crew of around 280 after setting sail from Bermuda for England on 31 January 1880. It was presumed that she sank in a powerful storm which crossed her route a couple weeks after she sailed.
- The fourth Juno was a wooden-hulled steam corvette launched in 1867 and in 1887.
- The fifth Juno, launched in 1895, was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser.
- The sixth Juno, launched in 1938, J-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was sunk off Crete by Italian bombers on 21 May 1941.
- The last Juno (F52), launched in 1965, was a Leander-class frigate. She was scrapped in 1994.
J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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