Nine ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Amazon'', after the
mythical female warriors.
* was a 26-gun
frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
, formerly the French ship ''Panthère'', built in 1744 and captured in 1745. She was sold in 1763.
* was a 32-gun frigate launched in 1773 and broken up in 1794.
* was a 36-gun frigate launched in 1795 at
Rotherhithe. She ran aground and was lost in 1797 when and HMS ''Amazon'' defeated the in 1797.
* was a 38-gun frigate launched in 1799 at
Woolwich and broken up in 1817.
* was a 46-gun frigate launched in 1821. She was converted to carry 24 guns in 1844 and sold in 1863.
* was an wooden screw
sloop
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launched in 1865 and sunk on 9 July 1866 in a collision in the
English Channel.
*, launched in 1908, was a
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
stationed at
Dover, England during the
First World War. She was broken up in 1919.
*, launched in 1926, was a prototype destroyer, the first new build for the Royal Navy after World War I. She served in the
Second World War, and was broken up in 1948.
*, launched in 1971, was the first
Type 21 frigate, and the only one not to take part in the
Falklands War
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. She was sold to
Pakistan in 1993 and renamed ''Babur''.
Battle honours
Ships named ''Amazon'' have earned the following
battle honours:
*
Martinique, 1762
*
''Droits de L'Homme'', 1797
*
Copenhagen, 1801
*
''Belle Poule'', 1806
*Belgian Coast, 1914−16
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Atlantic, 1939−43
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Norway, 1940
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Malta Convoys, 1942
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Arctic, 1942
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North Africa, 1942−43
See also
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Royal Navy ship names