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Several ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Cleopatra''''', after the [[Egypt]]ian [[Queen Cleopatra]]: |
Several ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Cleopatra''''', after the [[Egypt]]ian [[Queen Cleopatra]]: |
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* {{HMS|Cleopatra|1779}} was a 32-gun fifth rate, built in 1779 and broken up in 1814. The French captured her in 1805 and she spent several days in their hands before being recaptured. |
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* {{HMS|Cleopatra|1835}} was a 26-gun sixth rate built in 1835 and broken up in 1862. |
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* {{HMS|Cleopatra|1878}} was a ''Comus''-class screw corvette built in 1878, and used for harbour service from 1905. She was renamed ''Defiance III'' in 1922 and sold for breaking up in 1931. |
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* {{HMS|Cleopatra|1915}} was a {{sclass2-|C|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]] built in 1915 and broken up in 1931. |
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* {{HMS|Cleopatra|33}} was a {{sclass-|Dido|cruiser|1}} built in 1940 and broken up in 1958. |
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* {{HMS|Cleopatra|F28}} was a {{sclass-|Leander|frigate}} launched in 1964 and sold for scrap in 1993. |
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The name can also refer to {{ship||Cleopatra|1839}}, an East India Company paddle frigate built in 1839 and sunk by a tropical cyclone in the [[Indian Ocean]] in 1847. |
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Revision as of 16:30, 5 April 2017
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cleopatra, after the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra:
- HMS Cleopatra (1779) was a 32-gun fifth rate, built in 1779 and broken up in 1814. The French captured her in 1805 and she spent several days in their hands before being recaptured.
- HMS Cleopatra (1835) was a 26-gun sixth rate built in 1835 and broken up in 1862.
- HMS Cleopatra (1878) was a Comus-class screw corvette built in 1878, and used for harbour service from 1905. She was renamed Defiance III in 1922 and sold for breaking up in 1931.
- HMS Cleopatra (1915) was a Template:Sclass2- light cruiser built in 1915 and broken up in 1931.
- HMS Cleopatra (33) was a Template:Sclass- built in 1940 and broken up in 1958.
- HMS Cleopatra (F28) was a Template:Sclass- launched in 1964 and sold for scrap in 1993.
The name can also refer to Cleopatra (1839), an East India Company paddle frigate built in 1839 and sunk by a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean in 1847.