HMS Nestor
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nestor, after Nestor, a figure in Greek mythology:
- HMS Nestor (1781), a 28-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer Franklin, of Dunkirk. Franklin was under the command of an American captain, Bennet Negus, and cruised between April and June 1781,[1] taking several prizes, before Ramillies and Ulysses captured her; she was sold in 1783.
- HMS Nestor (1915), an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1915 and sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
- HMAS Nestor (G02), an N-class destroyer launched in 1940. She was used by the Royal Australian Navy though she remained British property. She was sunk in 1942.
Citations
- Demerliac (1996), p.176, #1707.
gollark: I mean, yes, FTL is equivalent to time travel, but I didn't mention that.
gollark: What does a warp drive have to do with this?
gollark: Like I said, if you could reliably get future information/transmit information backward in time, that would be ridiculously powerful.
gollark: Wait, presupposes that *god* can do that (which is required if said god is omnipotent), or that *people* can get future information?
gollark: Oh, and if you can get answers on yes/no questions about the future that also allows you to transmit information backward through time, obviously.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
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