HMS Aeolus

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aeolus, after one of a number of figures named Aeolus who appear in Greek mythology:[Note 1]

  • HMS Aeolus (1758) was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1758. She was placed on harbour service in 1796, renamed HMS Guernsey in 1800, and was broken up in 1801.
  • HMS Aeolus (1800) was formerly the French ship Pallas, a 36-gun fifth rate, that a squadron captured in 1800 off the coast of France. She was renamed to Pique in 1801.[1] She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
  • HMS Aeolus (1801) was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1801 and broken up 1817.
  • HMS Aeolus (1825) was a 46-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1825. She was used for harbour service from 1855 and was broken up in 1886.
  • HMS Aeolus (1891) was an Apollo-class second-class protected cruiser launched in 1891 and sold in 1914.

Notes
  1. Note, in old records the name is sometimes given as Eolus, or Æolus.

References

Citations

  1. National Maritime Museum database vessel ID#379457.

Bibliography

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • "NMM, vessel ID 379457" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

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