HMS Apollo

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:

• was 20-gun storeship captured from the French in 1747 and wrecked in 1749 off Madras.
• HMS Apollo was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1763 as HMS Glory. She was renamed in 1774, and was broken up in 1786.
• HMS Apollo (1794) was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1799 off Holland.
• HMS Apollo (1799) was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1804 off Portugal.
• HMS Apollo (1805) was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1805. She was put in harbour service, followed by use as a troopship in 1846 and was broken up in 1856.
• HMS Apollo (1891) was an Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted into a minelayer in 1909 and was broken up in 1920.
• HMS Apollo was a Leander-class light cruiser launched in 1934. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1938, and renamed HMAS Hobart.
• HMS Apollo (M01) was an Abdiel-class minelayer launched in 1943 and broken up in 1962.
• HMS Apollo (F70) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1970. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1988 and renamed Zulfiquar.

Battle honours[]

Ships named Apollo have earned the following battle honours:

• St Vincent 1780
• China 1842
• Crimea 1854
• Normandy 1944

See also[]

• Apollo (disambiguation)

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