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HMS Romulus
List of ships with the same or similar names From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Romulus, after Romulus, one of the founders of Rome in Roman mythology:
- HMS Romulus (1777) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1777. In 1781 she was captured by the French off Chesapeake Bay.
- HMS Romulus (1785) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1785. She was used as a troop ship from 1799, was on harbour service from 1813 and was broken up in 1816.
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References
- 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.
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