HMS Orestes
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HMS Orestes
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Orestes, after the mythical son of Agamemnon, who avenged his father's murder: HMS Orestes (1781) was a Dutch-built brig-sloop. She was captured from the Dutch in 1781, taken into Royal Navy service, and disappeared in the Indian Ocean in 1799.
HMS Orestes (1803) was a ship sloop of 14 guns, purchased in 1803; her crew burnt her in 1805 to prevent the enemy capturing her.
HMS Orestes (1805) was a Seagull-class brig-sloop of 16 guns, launc
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List of ships with the same or similar names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Orestes
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2021-10-07T22:04:34Z
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