HMS Daedalus

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Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Daedalus, after the mythical Daedalus:

  • HMS Daedalus was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1780. She was lent to Trinity House between 1803 and 1806 as a hulk, and was broken up in 1811.
  • HMS Daedalus was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the Venetian frigate Corona. She was captured from the French in 1811 and was wrecked in 1813.
  • HMS Daedalus was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1826. She was reduced to 20 guns in 1843 and became a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship in 1862. She was sold in 1911.
  • HMS Daedalus was a iron screw floating battery launched in 1856 as HMS Thunderbolt. She was renamed HMS Daedalus between 1916 and 1919 whilst serving as a depot ship for the Royal Naval Air Service, based at what is now RAF Cranwell.
  • HMS Daedalus was to have been a Danae class light cruiser. She was ordered in 1918, but cancelled later that year.
  • HMS Daedalus was a naval air station, also known as RNAS Lee-on-Solent. The base was opened in 1917 and transferred to the RAF in 1918, before being returned to the Naval Air Service in 1939. It and various outstations bore the name HMS Daedalus between 1957 and 1996.
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