Sixteen different ships of the British

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have been named HMS ''Greyhound'', after the

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, a breed of dog notable for its speed. * was a 45-gun ship built in 1545, rebuilt 1558, and wrecked 1563 * ''Greyhound'' was a ship in service in 1585 * was a 12-gun ship launched in 1636 and blown up 1656 in action with the Spanish * was a 20-gun ship captured from the Royalists in 1657 and used as a

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in 1666 * was a 16-gun

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in service from 1672 to 1698 * was a 6-gun

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purchased in 1694 and sold 1698 * was a 42-gun

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launched at Ipswich in 1702 and wrecked off Teignmouth (or Tynemouth?) August 1711 * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712 and captured by the Spanish in 1718 * was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1719, in Spanish hands in April 1722, and broken up 1741 * was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1741 to 1768 * was a 15-gun cutter purchased in 1763, hulked in 1776, and sold 1780 * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked 1780 * was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780, renamed ''Viper'' in 1781, and sold in October 1809 * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched 1783 and wrecked 1808. Because ''Greyhound'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the

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authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants. * was laid down as ''Greyhound'', but renamed before launching * was a

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launched in 1859, reduced to harbour service in 1869, and sold 1906 * was a in service from 1900 to 1919 * was a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk by German dive bombers in 1941 * HMS ''Greyhound'' was to be a G-class destroyer, ordered in 1944 but cancelled in December 1945

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