Three ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Acasta'', whilst another two were planned:
* was a 40-gun
fifth rate frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
launched in 1797 and broken up in 1821.
* HMS ''Acasta'' was to have been a wooden
screw frigate
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for exam ...
. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
* was an launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
* was an
A-class destroyer launched in 1929. She was sunk in 1940 by the German battleships and .
* HMS ''Acasta'' (P452) was to have been an , but was cancelled in 1945.
References
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Royal Navy ship names