Four ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Justitia'', after the goddess
Justitia, of
Roman mythology:
* was a
prison ship, formerly a merchant vessel, purchased in 1777 and in service until at least 1795.
* was a 74-gun
third rate captured from the Danish at the
Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and broken up in 1814.
* HMS ''Justitia'' was a 64-gun third rate, formerly a Dutch ship. She was seized in 1796 and named , renamed HMS ''Justitia'' in 1812 and was sold in 1830.
* HMS ''Justitia'' (1830) was a
convict ship, launched in 1799 as the British
East India Company East Indiaman
East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...
''Admiral Rainier''. The Royal Navy acquired her 1804 and commissioned her as the 50-gun
fourth rate . She was reduced to 20 guns and renamed HMS ''Dolphin'' in 1819, and then HMS ''Justitia'' in 1830. She retained that name until her sale in 1855.
Ships of other nations
* was a Danish ship-of-the-line heavily involved in the
Great Northern War
* is the same ship as HMS ''Justitia'' (1807) above
* The brig ''Justitia'' was captured by HMS ''Medusa'' and prize money paid in 1810
[London Gazett]
Issue 16397 page 1250
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References
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Royal Navy ship names