Five ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Psyche''. Two more were planned, but never completed. * HMS ''Psyche'' was a 36-gun

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captured from the French in 1805 and sold in 1812. * HMS ''Psyche'' was to have been a 32-gun fifth rate. Frames for her construction were sent to Canada, but she was not assembled, and the parts were ordered to be sold in 1814, though they may have been incorporated in the next . * was to have been a 56-gun

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assembled in Canada. She was completed but never entered service and the hulk was sunk in 1837. * was a wooden paddle despatch vessel launched in 1862. She was wrecked in 1870, with the wreck being destroyed in 1871. * was a coastguard vessel purchased in 1878 and sold in 1884. * HMS ''Psyche'' was a

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launched in 1889 and renamed in 1890. She was sold in 1906. * HMS ''Psyche'' was a protected cruiser launched in 1898. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy as in 1915 and was sold in 1922.

Battle honours

Ships named HMS ''Psyche'' are entitled to a single

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: * Java 1811

References

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