Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Comus'', after the
Greek god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances:
* was a 22-gun
post ship launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1816.
*
HMS ''Comus'' was an 18-gun
sloop
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launched in 1828 as . She was renamed HMS ''Comus'' in 1832 and was broken up in 1862.
* was a screw
corvette
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launched in 1878 and sold in 1904.
* was a
light cruiser launched in 1914 and sold in 1934.
* was a
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
launched in 1945. She was scrapped in 1958.
Also:
* The British privateer ''Comus'', on 7 December 1800, captured a French
chasse maree armed with three 3-pounder guns and carrying a cargo of hides. The next day, after an eight-hour chase, ''Comus'' captured the French
letter of marque brig ''Rocou'', which was pierced for 14 guns but armed with twelve 6 and 2-pounder guns, carrying cotton and rice from Cayenne to Bordeaux. ''Comus'' sent the brig into Guernsey and the chasse maree into Jersey. ''Comus'' herself was a small lugger of 32 tons
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, armed with six 6-pounder guns and carrying a crew of 30 men.
References
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Royal Navy ship names