Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sappho, after the Ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho. Two more were planned but one was canceled and one received a different name before launching:
- HMS Sappho (1806) was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and broken up in 1830.
- HMS Sappho (1837) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1837 and which foundered in 1859.
- HMS Sappho was to have been a wood screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
- HMS Sappho was to have been a wood screw sloop, but she was renamed HMS Eclipse in 1867 before being launched.
- HMS Sappho (1873) was a composite screw sloop launched in 1873 and sold in 1887.
- HMS Sappho (1891) was an Apollo class second class cruiser launched in 1891 and sold in 1921.
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Famous quotes containing the word sappho:
“And the Harvard students in the brick
hallowed houses studied Sappho in cement rooms.
And this Sappho danced on the grass
and danced and danced and danced.
It was a death dance.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)