Six ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Astraea'', HMS ''Astree'' or HMS ''Astrea'', after the figure of

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: * was a storeship, formerly a Spanish ship captured in 1739. She was burnt by accident in 1743. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1781 and wrecked on the Anegada Reefs in the Virgin Islands in 1808. * was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1810, on harbour service from 1823 and broken up in 1851. * was a 38-gun fifth rate, formerly a French ship captured in 1810. She was renamed HMS ''Pomone'' in 1811 and was broken up in 1816. *HMS ''Astrea'' was a wooden screw

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ordered in 1861, but canceled in 1863. * was an launched in 1893 and sold in 1920. She was then resold and finally broken up in Germany.

Battle honours

Ships named ''Astraea'' have earned the following

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: * Groix Island, 1795 *''Gloire'', 1795 *St Lucia, 1796 *

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, 1801 * Tamatave, 1811 * Cameroons, 1914

Battle honours

See also