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Places

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Bellona, Campania Bellona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. Bellona borders the following municipalities: Camigliano, Capua, Pontelatone, Vi ...
, a ''comune'' in the Province of Caserta, Italy *
Bellona Reef The Chesterfield Islands (''îles Chesterfield'' in French) are a French archipelago of New Caledonia located in the Coral Sea, northwest of Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia. The archipelago is 120 km long and 70 km b ...
, a reef in New Caledonia *
Bellona Island Bellona Island is an island of the Rennell and Bellona Province, in the Solomon Islands. Its length is about and its average width . Its area is about . It is almost totally surrounded by high cliffs, consisting primarily of raised coral limes ...
, an island in Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands


Ships

* HMS ''Bellona'' (1760), a 74-gun third rate * ''Bellona'' (1782 ship), a merchant vessel for the British East India Company * HMS ''Bellona'' (1806), a 28-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer ''Bellone'' * HMS ''Bellona'' (1909), a Boadicea-class scout cruiser * HMS ''Bellona'' (63), a modified Dido-class light cruiser launched in 1942 * ''Bellona'', a French ship captured in 1759 by
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was an Admiral (Royal Navy), admiral in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of , he drove a ...
* ''Bellona'', a Swedish class of frigates and a ship designed by
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (9 September 1721 in Gothenburg – 19 August 1808) was a Swedish shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish navy. He was also manager of the Karlskrona shipyard 1782-1793. Chapman is credited as the world's ...
in the late 18th century


Other uses

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Bellona (goddess) Bellona () was an ancient Roman goddess of war. Her main attribute is the military helmet worn on her head; she often holds a sword, spear, or shield, and brandishes a torch or whip as she rides into battle in a four-horse chariot. She had many ...
, a Roman goddess of war *
28 Bellona Bellona (minor planet designation: 28 Bellona) is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer R. Luther on March 1, 1854, and named after Bellōna, the Roman goddess of war; the name was chosen to mark the beginning of th ...
, an asteroid *
Bellona Foundation The Bellona Foundation is an international environmental Non-governmental organization, NGO headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with branches in Europe and North America. Founded in 1986 by Frederic Hauge and Rune Haaland as a direct action protest gr ...
, a Norwegian environmental organisation *
Bellona Publishing House Bellona Publishing House ( pl, Wydawnictwo Bellona, formerly also ''Dom Wydawniczy Bellona'') is a private publishing house based in Warsaw, Poland. It was created in 1990 from restructuring of the state-run Wydawnictwo MON. It specialises in book ...
, a Polish publishing house * ''Bellona'', a fictional city in Samuel R. Delany's novel ''
Dhalgren ''Dhalgren'' is a 1975 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany. It features an extended trip to and through Bellona, a fictional city in the American Midwest cut off from the rest of the world by an unknown catastrophe. Plot o ...
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Bellona Arsenal Bellona Arsenal was a 19th-century United States Army post in Chesterfield County, Virginia, above the fall line of the James River east of Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of a powder magazine and other buildings are still standing. The site is listed ...
, a 19th-century United States Army and Confederate arsenal in Virginia, U.S. *
Bellona Foundry Bellona Arsenal was a 19th-century United States Army post in Chesterfield County, Virginia, above the fall line of the James River east of Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of a powder magazine and other buildings are still standing. The site is listed on ...
, a 19th-century United States Army and Confederate foundry in Virginia, U.S.


See also

* B'Elanna, a character in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' *
HMS Bellona Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Bellona'' after Bellona (goddess), Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology: * was a 30-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer ''Bellone''. She was captured in 1747, and sold i ...
, a name held by eight ships of the Royal Navy {{disambiguation, geo, ship