HMS ''Spartan'' may refer to one of these vessels of the British
Royal Navy named in recognition of the military abilities of the
Spartans of ancient Greece.
* was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1806 and broken up in 1822
* HMS ''Spartan'' was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate; ordered from Plymouth Dockyard in 1824, the ship was cancelled in 1831
* was a 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1841 and sold in 1862
* was an wooden screw sloop launched in 1868 and sold in 1882
* was a second class cruiser launched in 1891, sent to harbour service in 1907, renamed ''Defiance'' in 1921, and sold in 1931
* was a launched in 1942 and sunk in 1944 by a Hs 293 guided bomb
* is a nuclear-powered launched in 1978
Battle Honours
* Bay of Naples, 1810
* Second Anglo-Burmese War, Burma, 1853
* Second Opium War, China, 1856–57
* Battle of the Atlantic, Atlantic, 1943
* Battle of the Mediterranean, Mediterranean, 1944
* Battle of Anzio, Anzio, 1944
* Falklands War, Falklands, 1982
See also
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Royal Navy ship names