HMS Hector

HMS Hector

Ten ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Hector", named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad.

* The first "Hector" was a 22-gun ship sold in 1656.
* The second "Hector" was a 30-gun ship sold in 1657.
* The third "Hector" was a 22-gun ship sunk by the Dutch Navy in 1665.
* The fourth "Hector" was a 44-gun fourth-rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1742.
* The fifth "Hector" was another 44-gun fourth-rate sold in 1762.
* The sixth "Hector" was cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773.
* The seventh "Hector" was a 74-gun third-rate launched at Deptford in 1774 and converted to a prison ship in around 1808.
* The eighth "Hector" was a 74-gun third-rate captured from France in April 1782 but recaptured by them in September of the same year.
* The ninth "Hector" was the first ship of her class of iron steam propelled battleships and launched in 1862, and scrapped in 1905.
* The tenth "Hector" was an armed merchant cruiser that served in World War II


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