HMS Pegasus

HMS Pegasus is the name which has been given to nine ships in the British Royal Navy. Pegasus was a winged horse in Greek mythology. These ships included:

• HMS Pegasus, a ship sloop, was launched in 1776 but foundered a year later.
• HMS Pegasus, a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1779 and sold in 1816. At one stage her captain was Prince William Henry, later William IV of the United Kingdom.
• HMS Pegase, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, captured from the French in 1782.
• HMS Pegasus was a Cormorant-class wooden-hulled screw gunvessel ordered in 1861 but cancelled in 1863.
• HMS Pegasus, a 1,140 ton Doterel-class sloop launched in 1878.
• HMS Pegasus, a 2,135 ton Pelorus-class cruiser launched in 1897.
• HMS Pegasus, a 3,300 ton seaplane tender, launched on 9 June 1917.
• HMS Pegasus, the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned as HMS Ark Royal, but renamed Pegasus in 1934.
• HMS Pegasus, an improved Unicorn-class aircraft carrier. She was ordered and a name decided, but was cancelled before being laid down.

See also

• USS Pegasus, name of two ships of the United States Navy and one fictional one
• Battlestar Pegasus, a starship in the Battlestar Galactica universe
• Pegasus (disambiguation)

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.