HMS Acheron

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title: HMS Acheron
text: Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Greek mythology. HMS Acheron (1803) was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1803 and captured and burnt by the French frigates Incorruptible and Hortense near Gibraltar on 4 February 1805. HMS Acheron (1838) was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1855. HMS Acheron was to have been a screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but she was cancelled in 1863 before her launch. HMS Northumberland wa
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