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Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Siren'', ''Syren'' or ''Sirene'',
[Until the beginning of the nineteenth century (and even later) the spellings were interchangeable. Different spellings for the same ships are used in sources, sometimes within the same document.] after the
Sirens of
Greek mythology:
* was a 24-gun
post ship of the
1741 Establishment launched in 1745 and sold in 1764.
* was a 28-gun
sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked in 1777.
* was a 24-gun launched in 1779 and wrecked in 1781.
* was a 32-gun
fifth rate launched in 1782, on harbour service from 1805 and broken up in 1822.
* was previously the French , a brig-
aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne. and captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 and was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796.
*HMS ''Siren'' was to have been a 32-gun fifth rate, ordered in 1805 and cancelled in 1806.
*HMS ''Siren'' was previously . She was captured in 1814 and used as a hospital hulk. She was on the Navy list until 1815.
* was a 16-gun
brig-sloop, launched in 1841 and broken up by 1868.
*HMS ''Siren'' was previously , an launched in 1856. She was renamed HMS ''Siren'' in 1895, and was sold in 1896.
* was a launched in 1900 and sold in 1920.
Uncommissioned vessels
*''Syren'' was an American
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
that a British squadron captured off New York in January 1813 and armed for use as a tender.
[''Lloyd's Marine List']
- accessed 29 November 2013. Disposal unknown.
*''Siren'' was a steam tender built in 1855 for the use of royalty at Bermuda and sold in 1863.
*''Syren'' was a training tender, purchased in 1878 and attached to
HMS Prince of Wales (1860), HMS ''Britannia''. She was sold in 1912.
See also
*, a Danish 74-gun
fourth-rate captured in 1807. She was converted to harbour service in 1809, sold in 1814 but retained and sold again in 1815.
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