HMS Melpomene

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Greek mythology.

  1. HMS Melpomene was a fifth rate frigate captured in 1794 and sold in 1815 after service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  2. HMS Melpomene was a frigate built in 1857 and sold in 1875 after becoming obsolete.
  3. HMS Melpomene was a light cruiser built in 1888 and sold in 1905.
  4. HMS Melpomene was a cruiser renamed from HMS Indefatigable in 1910 and sold in 1913.
  5. HMS Melpomene was a destroyer built in 1915 which was broken up in 1921 after service in the First World War.
  6. HMS Melpomene was an ex–monitor HMS M15 renamed in 1922 after being converted to a minelayer. She was further renamed HMS Menelaus in 1940.
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