HMS Hector (original) (raw)

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hector, named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad. * The first was a 22-gun ship sold in 1656. * The second was a 30-gun ship sold in 1657. * The third was a 22-gun ship sunk by the Dutch Navy in 1665. * The fourth was a 44-gun fourth rate launched in 1703 and broken up in 1742. * The fifth was another 44-gun fourth rate sold in 1762. * The sixth was cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773. * The seventh HMS Hector (1774) was a 74-gun third rate launched at Deptford in 1774 and converted to a prison ship in 1808. * The eighth HMS Hector (1782) was a 74-gun third rate captured from France in April 1782 that foundered in October. * The ninth HMS Hector (1862) was the first ship of her class of iron steam pr