A number of ships have been named ''Galatea'', after the
Galatea
Galatea is an ancient Greek name meaning "she who is milk-white".
Galatea, Galathea or Gallathea may refer to:
In mythology
* Galatea (Greek myth), three different mythological figures
In the arts
* ''Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'', cantata by H ...
of mythology.
Naval ships
Italian Navy
* , a launched in 1933 and struck in 1948
Royal Danish Navy
* was a
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
launched in 1831 and decommissioned in 1861
* was an launched in 1916 and sold for scrapping in 1946
* , a
survey ship
A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel, and may be designed for the purpo ...
launched as HMS ''Leith'' in 1933, was acquired by Denmark from mercantile service and renamed in 1949; she was sold for scrapping in 1955.
Royal Navy
* was a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship launched in 1776 and broken up in 1783.
* was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and broken up 1809.
* was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1810, a coal hulk after 1836, and broken up 1849.
* was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1859 and broken up 1883. In 1866 she went on a world cruise, under the command of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
* was an ''Orlando''-class cruiser which was launched in 1887 and sold for scrapping in 1905.
* was an ''Arethusa''-class light cruiser launched in 1914 and sold 1921.
* was a light cruiser of (another) ''Arethusa'' class, launched in 1934, and torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean in 1941.
* was a RNVR stone frigate in Kingston upon Hull that was decommissioned in 1958.
* was a ''Leander''-class frigate built in 1963 and expended as a target in 1988.
Spanish Navy
* served from 1922 to 1981; she was previously a barque-rigged cargo ship built in 1896, and is now the museum ship ''Glenlee'', berthed in Glasgow.
United States Navy
* was a steamship originally built for merchant service but purchased by the navy before completion and converted into a gunboat for service in the American Civil War.
* was a private yacht built in 1914 and purchased by the navy for use as an armed patrol boat during World War I.
Other
* , of 332 tons (
bm) was a sailing vessel launched at Whitby in 1793. She became a
West Indiaman
West Indiaman was a general name for any merchantman sailing ship making runs from the Old World to the West Indies and the east coast of the Americas. These ships were generally strong ocean-going ships capable of handling storms in the Atlantic ...
and in 1795 participated as a transport in the British invasion of the West Indies. A French privateer captured her in 1801 in sight of Jamaica.
* was a 1,400-ton American passenger-cargo coastal steamship.
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''Galatea'' (yacht), built in 1885, was the 1886 America's Cup challenger.
* is a lighthouse tender of the United Kingdom launched in 2006.
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