HMS Meleager

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Meleager, after Meleager, who could have been a Macedonian officer of distinction in the service of Alexander the Great, or Meleager, a character from Greek mythology.

HMS Meleager was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1785 and wrecked in 1801.
HMS Meleager was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1808.

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