HMS Spartiate
HMS Spartiate has been the name of two ships of the Royal Navy. The first was a captured French prize, the second was mostly likely named after this ship.
- Spartiate was a 74 gun third rate ship of the line. She was captured from the French at the Battle of the Nile and fought at the Battle of Trafalgar on the British side.
- Spartiate was a Diadem class cruiser launched in 1898 and broken up in 1932.
HMS Spartiate was also a former Royal Navy shore establishment in St Enoch's Hotel Glasgow Western Approaches Command, Clyde
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.
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