List of ships named Niobe

Niobe is a ship name that is used several times in the navies of various countries. The name comes from the eponymous figure of Greek mythology from.

Ship list

designation	Ship type	Class / type	Construction year	Shipyard	Owner	period of service	Whereabouts	image
Niobe	frigate		1796		Royal Navy		Wrecked in 1816
Niobe	frigate		1849	Portsmouth	Royal Navy		Sold to Prussia in 1861
Niobe	frigate		1849	Portsmouth	Prussian / Imperial Navy	1861-1890	Broken down in 1908
Niobe	Sloop	Amazon class	1866	Deptford Dockyard	Royal Navy	1867-1874	Stranded in 1874
Niobe	Protected cruiser	Diadem class	1897	Vickers , Barrow-in-Furness	Royal Navy / Royal Canadian Navy	1898-1920	Wrecked in 1922
Niobe	Protected cruiser	Holland class	1898	Maatschappij voor Scheepen Werktuigbouw Fijenoord, Rotterdam	Navy	1941-1944	Sunk on July 16, 1944
Niobe	Small cruiser	Gazelle- class	1899	AG Weser , Bremen	Imperial Navy	1900-1919	Sold to Yugoslavia in 1925
Niobe	Small cruiser	Gazelle- class	1899	AG Weser, Bremen	Navy	1943	Stranded December 19, 1943
Niobe	Sail training ship		1913	Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok, Frederikshavn	Imperial Navy	1921-1932	Sunk on July 26, 1932, lifted on August 15, 1932, wreck sunk again on September 18, 1933
Niobe	Supply ship		1916		Marina Regia
Niobe	Coast guard boat	Week 55	1956		Federal Navy	1958-1976	1977 VEBEG sold

See also

• Niobe

Web links

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Ships with the ship name NIOBE in the Miramar Ship Index (viewed on September 13, 2009)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.