Four ships of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Icarus'', after the
Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus (; grc, Ἴκαρος, Íkaros, ) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. After Theseus, king of Athens and enemy of Minos, escaped from the labyrinth, King Minos suspe ...
of
Greek mythology.
* , an 18-gun
brig-sloop launched in 1814, on
coast guard duty in 1839, and sold 1861.
* , a
screw sloop in service from 1858 to 1875.
* , a composite screw
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
in service from 1885 to 1904.
* , an laid down by
John Brown and Company, Limited, at
Clydebank
Clydebank ( gd, Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick (with Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, Bowling and Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Mil ...
in
Scotland on 9 March 1936, launched on 26 November 1936.
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Royal Navy ship names