HMS Polyphemus

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Polyphemus, after the Polyphemus of Greek mythology.

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Royal Navy - Polyphemus - Greek mythology

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• The first Polyphemus was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1782, active in the Napoleonic Wars, converted to a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1827.
• The second Polyphemus was a wooden paddlewheel sloop launched in 1840 and wrecked off Jutland in 1856.
• The third Polyphemus was a torpedo ram in use from 1881 to 1903.

A fourth Polyphemus was to have been an aircraft carrier of 18,300 tons, 650 ft long, 90 foot beam, but was cancelled in October 1945.

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Aircraft carrier - 1945

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The Southampton of 1936 was named Polyphemus during construction.

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