HMS Myrmidon

Seven ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Myrmidon . The name refers to the myrmidons in Greek mythology .

• HMS Myrmidon (1781) was a wooden sailing ship of the sixth class with 22 guns and was in service between 1781 and 1811 .
• HMS Myrmidon (1813) was a sixth class wooden sailing ship with 20 guns, launched in 1813 and demolished in 1823 .
• HMS Myrmidon (1845) was an iron gunboat and was in service between 1845 and 1858 .
• HMS Myrmidon (1867) was a wooden gunboat, launched in 1867 , used as a research vessel and sold in 1889 .
• HMS Myrmidon (1900) was a destroyer , launched in 1900 and sank in 1917 after colliding with a passenger ship.
• HMS Myrmidon (G90) was an M-class destroyer, was commissioned by the Polish Navy as ORP Hurricane in 1942 and sunk by the German submarine U 378 in 1943 .
• HMS Myrmidon (1944) was a minesweeper , entered service in 1944 and demolished in 1958 .