Nine ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Diana'' after the
figure from Roman mythology, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:
* , a 32-gun
fifth rate
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Rating
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launched in 1757, commanded by
Alexander Schomberg c. 1758/1759, and sold in 1793.
* , a six gun
schooner purchased in 1775 in North America, abandoned and burnt out later that year.
*, a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and sold in 1815 to the
Dutch Navy
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She was accidentally destroyed while in dry-dock on 16 January 1839.
* , a 10-gun brig purchased in 1807 in the East Indies and condemned at
Rodrigues in 1810.
* , a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1822, converted to harbour service in 1868 and broken up in 1874.
* , an Indian wooden paddle vessel launched in 1836 and sold in 1846.
* , an second-class
cruiser, launched in 1895 and sold in 1920.
* , a
D-class destroyer launched in 1932, sold to the
Royal Canadian Navy
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and renamed in 1940, lost that year after a collision.
* HMS ''Diana'', a planned destroyer, ordered in 1945 and cancelled in 1946.
* , a ''Daring''-class destroyer, laid down as HMS ''Druid'', but renamed in 1946 after the previously planned ''Diana'' was cancelled. She was launched in 1952, sold in 1969 to the
Peruvian Navy and renamed . She was struck from their lists in 1993.
See also
* , an East India Company wooden paddle vessel launched in 1823 and purchased in 1824. She was sold in 1826 to the Burmese government and broken up in 1836.
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References
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Royal Navy ship names