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HMS Helena

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HMS Helena has been the name of several British Royal Navy ships, and may refer to:

  • HMS Atalanta (1775), a 14-gun sloop built in 1775, placed on the sale list in 1779, renamed HMS Helena in 1801 while awaiting sale, and sold in 1802
  • HMS Helena (1778) was a 14-gun sloop that the Royal Navy purchased in 1778. (She may originally have been a French vessel named Hélene.) The French captured her in September 1778, and took her into service under her existing name, or perhaps as Helene.[1] HMS Ambuscade recaptured her on 22 June 1779.[2] A storm drove her ashore on the Dutch coast on 3 November 1796; there were no survivors.[3]
  • HMS Helena (1804), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1814
  • HMS Helena (1826), a 10-gun brig-sloop ordered in 1826 but cancelled in 1831
  • HMS Helena (1843), a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1843, hulked in 1861, and sold in 1921
  • HMS Helena (1915), a drifter requisitioned from 1915 to 1919
HMS Mutine passing to windward of HMS Helena in a sailing trial, 1 September 1845

Citations

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  1. ^ Demerliac (1996), p.71, #448.
  2. ^ "No. 12044". The London Gazette. 28 December 1779. p. 2.
  3. ^ Hepper (1994), p.82.

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