Five ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Odin after the god Odin

Odin

Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon "Wōden" and the Old High German "Wotan", the name is descended from Proto-Germanic "*Wodanaz" or "*Wōđanaz"....

 in Norse mythology

Norse mythology

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. A sixth was ordered, but later cancelled:
was a 74-gun third rate captured from the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen

Battle of Copenhagen (1807)

The Second Battle of Copenhagen was a British preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet and in turn originate the term to Copenhagenize.-Background:Despite the defeat and loss of many ships in the first Battle of Copenhagen in...

 in 1807. She was used for harbour service from 1811 and was sold in 1825. was a paddle

Paddle steamer

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 steam frigate launched in 1846 sold in 1865. was a sloop launched in 1901 and sold in 1920. Delivered the Somali

Somali people

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 Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire

Mohamoud Ali Shire

Mohamoud Ali Shire was a Somali ruler. He was the 20th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate from 1897 to 1960.-Titles:Also known as the Gerad, the Sultan was the sole regent and governor of the sultanate. He also enjoyed many other titles, including "Sovereign of the House of North East of...

 to the Seychelles

Seychelles

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 in 1920, where he was sentenced to exile. was an Odin class

Odin class submarine

The Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six...

 submarine

Submarine

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 launched in 1928. She was sunk by Italian ships in 1940.

• HMS Odin was to have been an Algerine-class
  Algerine class minesweeper
  The Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in World War II....
  
   minesweeper
  Minesweeper (ship)
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   but she was cancelled in 1944. was an Oberon-class
  Oberon class submarine
  The Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....
  
  submarine launched in 1960 and scrapped in 1991.