Five ships of the
Hellenic Navy
The Hellenic Navy (HN; , abbreviated ΠΝ) is the Navy, naval force of Greece, part of the Hellenic Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy historically hails from the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independ ...
have borne the name ''Hydra'' or ''Ydra'' (Ύδρα), named after the island of
Hydra, which played a major role in the
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...
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''Hydra'' (1827–1831), a 26-gun sail corvette captured from the Egyptian fleet in 1827, destroyed in 1831 at
Poros
Poros (; ) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about south of the port of Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surf ...
during a rebellion against Governor
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (; February 1776 –27 September 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century Europe.
Kapodistrias's ...
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''Hydra'', a 433-ton steam
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
built at the Black Wall Shipyard in England in 1891. It was armed with one fixed Krupp 270/30 gun and one small rapid-fire gun
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''Hydra'' (1889–1918), a French-built ironclad warship
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''Hydra'' (1932–1942), a ''Dardo''-class destroyer
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''Hydra'' (1992–today), a ''MEKO 200''-type frigate, lead ship of the ''Hydra'' class frigate
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Hellenic Navy ship names