HMS Bacchante
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" - the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus
. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled. (The ancient Bacchante were also known as Maenad
s, and there had also been a HMS Maenad
.)
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Bacchante, from "Bacchante" - the name for a priestess of the Roman god Bacchus
Dionysus
Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...
. Yet another ship of this name was ordered but later cancelled. (The ancient Bacchante were also known as Maenad
Maenad
In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus , the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones"...
s, and there had also been a HMS Maenad
HMS Maenad (J335)
HMS Maenad was an of the Royal Navy. She saw service during the Second World War.Maenad was laid down by Redfern Construction Ltd., Toronto, Canada on 1 March 1944. She was launched on 8 June 1944 and completed on 11 November of that year...
.)
- HMS Bacchante - 20 gun French sixth rate, captured by HMS EndymionHMS Endymion (1797)HMS Endymion was a 40-gun fifth rate that served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812 and during the First Opium War. She was built to the lines of the French prize captured in 1794...
in 1803. Sold in 1809. - HMS Bacchante - 38 gun fifth rate launched in 1811 at DeptfordDeptfordDeptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
. She was converted to harbour service in 1837 and scrapped in 1858. - HMS Bacchante - a wood screw frigate ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard in 1849 but cancelled in 1851.
- HMS Bacchante - a wood screw frigate launched in 1859 at Portsmouth Dockyard. She was broken up in 1869.
- HMS BacchanteHMS Bacchante (1876)HMS Bacchante was a Bacchante-class ironclad screw-propelled corvette of the Royal Navy. She is particularly famous for being the ship on which the Princes George and Albert served as midshipmen....
- Bacchante classBacchante class corvetteThe Bacchante class was a group of three iron screw corvettes in service with the Royal Navy from the late 1870s.-Design and construction:...
corvetteCorvetteA corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
launched 19 October 1876, sold 1897 http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/bacchante_class.htm - HMS BacchanteHMS Bacchante (1901)HMS Bacchante was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 for the Royal Navy. Bacchante served for a while with the Mediterranean Fleet...
- Cressy-classCressy class cruiserThe Cressy class cruiser was a class of six armoured cruisers launched between December 1899 and May 1901, for the Royal Navy.-Service:...
armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold for scrap in 1920. - HMS BacchanteHMS Bacchante (F69)HMS Bacchante was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Bacchante was built by Vickers on the Tyne, launched on 29 February 1968 and commissioned on 17 October 1969....
- Leander-classLeander class frigateThe Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973...
frigateFrigateA frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...
launched in 1968 and sold to New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
in 1982.