Editing HMS Hermes

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Ten ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Hermes''''', after [[Hermes]], the messenger god of [[Greek mythology]], while another was planned:

*{{HMS|Hermes|1796}} was a 12-gun [[brig-sloop]], originally the Dutch ''Mercurius'', that {{HMS|Sylph|1795|6}} captured in 1796. ''Hermes'' foundered in 1797.
*{{HMS|Hermes|1798}} was a 22-gun ship purchased in 1798 and sold in 1802.
*{{HMS|Hermes|1803}} was a 16-gun [[sloop-of-war|sloop]], originally the civilian ''Majestic'' launched in 1801 at [[Whitby]]. She was purchased in 1803 and sold in 1810.
*{{HMS|Hermes|1811}} was a 20-gun [[sixth rate]] launched in 1811 and burned in 1814 during a highly unsuccessful attack on [[Fort Bowyer]] at [[Mobile Point]], [[Alabama]].
*HMS ''Hermes'' was a wooden paddle [[packet ship|packet]], originally in civilian service as ''George IV''. She was purchased in 1830 as {{HMS|Courier|1830}}, renamed HMS ''Hermes'' in 1832, became a coal hulk and was renamed HMS ''Charger'' in 1835, and was broken up in 1854.
*{{HMS|Hermes|1835}} was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1835, rebuilt in 1842 and broken up in 1864.
*HMS ''Hermes'' was a [[seventy-four (ship)|74-gun]] [[third rate]] launched in 1816 as {{HMS|Minotaur|1816}}, renamed HMS ''Hermes'' in 1866, and broken up in 1869.
*{{HMS|Hermes|1898}} was a {{sclass|Highflyer|cruiser}} launched in 1898, converted into an experimental [[seaplane tender]] in 1913 and sunk by a German [[U-boat]] in 1914.
*{{HMS|Hermes|95}} was the first purpose-built [[aircraft carrier]] in the world to be launched, in 1919. She was sunk in a Japanese air attack in 1942.
*HMS ''Hermes'' was to have been a {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|2}}, but was cancelled in 1945.
*{{HMS|Hermes|R12}} was a ''Centaur''-class aircraft carrier, originally planned as HMS ''Elephant'', but renamed in 1945. She was launched in 1953 and served in the [[Falklands War]]. She was sold to the [[Indian Navy]] in 1986, who recommissioned her as {{INS|Viraat}} until finally decommissioned in 2017
* HMS ''Hermes'' is the name given to the {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|aircraft carrier|2}} Ship Control Centre Training Simulator situated in the Defence School of Marine Engineering, HMS ''Sultan'', Gosport. It was opened by Flag Officer Sea Training Rear Admiral WJ Warrinder on 28 October 2018. The simulator was built by L3 and is a representation of the Ship Control Centre of the class and is used to train ship staff in machinery operation principles.

==Battle honours==
*[[Second Anglo-Burmese War|Burma]] 1852
*[[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]] 1940
*[[Falklands War|Falkland Islands]] 1982

==References==
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}

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