HMS Triton

Several ships of the British Royal Navy were named HMS Triton or HMS Tryton ( Triton is an ancient Greek god of the sea ):

• HMS Tryton (1702) was a 42-gun frigate . The former French Triton was captured by the British in the naval battle of Vigo in 1702 and broken up in 1709.
• HMS Tryton (1741) was a sloop . The warship entered service in 1741.
• HMS Tryton (1745) was a 24-gun frigate and was launched in 1745. The warship was set on fire by its own crew on April 28, 1758 to prevent it from being captured by the French.
• HMS Triton (1771) was a 28-gun frigate. It was used in the fleet of Rear Admiral Samuel Hood in 1782 against the rebellious Americans and was canceled in 1796.
• HMS Triton (1796) was a 32-gun frigate. The ship was used in the coalition wars against revolutionary France and was canceled in 1820.
• HMS Triton (1846) was a sloop with a steam wheel drive . The warship was sold for scrapping in 1872.
• HMS Triton (1882) was a paddle-steam research vessel . It was used as a training ship from 1919 and demolished in 1961.
• HMS Triton (N15) was a submarine and the prototype of the T-class . The boat entered service in 1938 and was lost in the Mediterranean in 1940.

See also

• Triton , further meanings of Triton
• Triton (ship, 2000) , British test ship and the world's largest trimaran
• USS Triton , American ships named Triton