HMS Acasta
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acasta:
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- The first Acasta, launched in 1797, was a 40-gun fifth-rate frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars. Along with Leander and Newcastle she captured the American privateer Prince de Neufchâtel in the War of 1812. She was broken up in 1821.
- Acasta, laid down in 1861 was to have been a wooden screw frigate, but she was cancelled in 1863.
- The second Acasta (G40), launched in 1912, was the lead ship of the Acasta class of destroyers. She was sold for breaking in May 1921.
- The third Acasta (H09), launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in action against the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
- Acasta (P452) was to have been an Amphion-class submarine, but was cancelled in 1945.
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