Two vessels of the
British
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Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Nessus'' after
Nessus, a centaur of Greek mythology:
* was an launched by
Swan Hunter
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England.
At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powe ...
on 24 August 1915 and sunk on 8 September 1918 in a collision with the cruiser in the North Sea.
* HMS ''Nessus'' was a 150-ton river steamer armed with a single 3-pounder gun. The vessel was bought in 1926 in
Hong Kong
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and sold in 1929.
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Royal Navy ship names