Nine ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Apollo'', after the Greek god

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...

: * was 20-gun storeship captured from the French in 1747 and wrecked in 1749 off

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. *HMS ''Apollo'' was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1763 as . She was renamed in 1774, and was broken up in 1786. * was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1799 off Holland. * was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1804 off Portugal. * was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1805. She was put in harbour service, followed by use as a troopship in 1846 and was broken up in 1856. * was an protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted into a minelayer in 1909 and was broken up in 1920. *HMS ''Apollo'' was a light cruiser launched in 1934. She was transferred to the

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in 1938, and renamed . * was an launched in 1943 and broken up in 1962. * was a launched in 1970. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1988 and renamed ''Zulfiquar''.

Battle honours

Ships named ''Apollo'' have earned the following

battle honours A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible. In European military t ...

: * St Vincent 1780 *

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1842 *

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

1854 *

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

1944

Battle honours

See also