HMS Lacedaemonian

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lacedaemonian, after an inhabitant of the region of Greece also known as Laconia:

HMS Lacedaemonian was a 12-gun brig, previously the French privateer Lacédémonienne. She was captured in 1796 but was recaptured by the French in 1797.
HMS Lacedaemonian was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1812 and broken up in 1822.

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