HMS Charon
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HMS Charon
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charon, after Charon, the boatman to Hades across the River Styx in Greek Mythology: HMS Charon (1778) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1778 and destroyed at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
HMS Charon (1783) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1783. She was on harbour service from 1795, used as a troopship from 1800 and was broken up in 1805. Because Charon served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officer
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List of ships with the same or similar names
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2023-05-10T11:30:07Z
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