HMS Leopard Totally Explained

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Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard:

The first Leopard was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653.
The second Leopard was a 54-gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699.
The third Leopard was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and expended the following year. John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672.
The fourth Leopard was a 54-gun fourth-rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739.
The fifth Leopard was a 50-gun fourth-rate in service from 1741 to 1761.
The sixth Leopard, famous for her role in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1790, a troopship from 1812, and wrecked 1814.
The seventh Leopard was a 4-gun vessel formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased 1794 and sold 1808.
The eighth Leopard was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate, launched 1850 and sold 1867.
The ninth Leopard was a C class destroyer in service from 1897 to 1919.
The tenth Leopard, launched in 1927, was a French Chacal-class destroyer, seized in 1940, transferred to the Free French forces and wrecked off Benghazi on 27 May 1943.
The eleventh Leopard (F14), launched in 1955, was the lead ship of her class of frigates. She was broken up in 1977.

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