Five ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Aeolus'', after one of a number of figures named

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who appear in

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:Note, in old records the name is sometimes given as ''Eolus'', or ''Æolus''. * was a 32-gun

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launched in 1758. She was placed on harbour service in 1796, renamed HMS ''Guernsey'' in 1800, and was broken up in 1801. * HMS ''Aeolus'' (1800) was formerly the French ship ''Pallas'', a 36-gun fifth rate, that a squadron captured in 1800 off the coast of France. She was renamed to ''Pique'' in 1801.

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database vessel ID#379457. She was sold for breaking up in 1819. * was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1801 and broken up 1817. * was a 46-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1825. She was used for harbour service from 1855 and was broken up in 1886. * was an second-class

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launched in 1891 and sold in 1914.

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Citations Bibliography * * {{WarshipHist Royal Navy ship names