HMS Nautilus
For other uses see Nautilus (disambiguation)Ten vessels of the
Royal Navy have been named
HMS Nautilus, after the
Greek word for a sailor.
*The first
Nautilus was a 16-gun
sloop launched in 1762.
*The second
Nautilus was a 16-gun
sloop launched in 1784 and wrecked in 1799.
*The third
Nautilus was an 18-gun
sloop launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1807 under command of Edward Palmer.
*The fourth
Nautilus was a 14-gun
brig-sloop built c. 1794 and captured in 1815 by
USS Peacock.
*The fifth
Nautilus was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1834.
*The sixth
Nautilus was an 18-gun brig-sloop, launched in 1807 and broken up in 1823.
*The seventh
Nautilus was a 10-gun brig-sloop, launched in 1830 and broken up in 1878.
*The eighth
Nautilus was an 8-gun training brig, launched in 1879 and sold in 1905.
*The ninth
Nautilus, launched in 1910, was a
Beagle-class destroyer. In
World War I she served in the
Dardanelles campaign. She was sold in 1920.
*The tenth
Nautilus, launched in 1914, was a submarine, renamed
N1 in 1918 and sold in 1922.
