HMS Neptune

Nine Royal Navy ships were christened HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the sea, Neptunus .

• Neptune , launched in 1683, was a 2nd class sailing ship with 90 guns that was rebuilt twice before being renamed Torbay in1750and becoming a 3rd class sailing ship. This ship was presumablycapturedby the pirate Calico Jack Rackham in a mutiny.
• HMS Neptune (1797) was a second class ship of the line with 98 cannons. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar .
• HMS Neptune (1874) was an iron-armored battleship.
• The eighth HMS Neptune (1909) , launched in 1909, was a battleship.
• The ninth HMS Neptune (20) was a Leander-class cruiser and was sunk in 1941.

Today the Faslane Naval Base is called HMS Neptune .