HMS Lyra

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lyra, after the constellation Lyra, itself from the Greek for Lyre:

  • was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1818. She then became a whaler making five whale hunting voyages until 1833, when she was last listed.
  • was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1821 and sold in 1845.
  • was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1876.
  • was an Acorn-class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
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