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- Uncommissioned vessels
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene,[1] after the Sirens of Greek mythology: - {{HMS|Siren|1745}} was a 24-gun post ship of the 1741 Establishment launched in 1745 and sold in 1764.
- {{HMS|Siren|1773}} was a 28-gun {{sclass-|Enterprise|frigate|0}} sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked in 1777.
- {{HMS|Syren|1779}} was a 24-gun {{sclass-|Porcupine|post ship|2}} launched in 1779 and wrecked in 1781.
- {{HMS|Syren|1782}} was a 32-gun {{sclass-|Amazon|frigate|0}} fifth rate launched in 1782, on harbour service from 1805 and broken up in 1822.
- {{HMS|Sirene|1794}} was previously the French {{HMS|Serin|1794|2}}, a brig-aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne. {{HMS|Intrepid|1770|6}} and {{HMS|Chichester|1753|6}} captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 and was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796.
- HMS Siren was to have been a 32-gun {{sclass-|Narcissus|frigate|0}} fifth rate, ordered in 1805 and cancelled in 1806.
- HMS Siren was previously {{USS|Syren|1803}}. She was captured in 1814 and used as a hospital hulk. She was on the Navy list until 1815.
- {{HMS|Siren|1841}} was a 16-gun {{sclass-|Helena|brig|0}} brig-sloop, launched in 1841 and broken up by 1868.
- HMS Siren was previously {{HMS|Opossum|1856}}, an {{sclass-|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}} launched in 1856. She was renamed HMS Siren in 1895, and was sold in 1896.
- {{HMS|Syren|1901}} was a {{sclass-|Myrmidon|destroyer}} launched in 1900 and sold in 1920.
Uncommissioned vessels- Syren was an American schooner that a British squadron captured off New York in January 1813 and armed for use as a tender.[2] Disposal unknown.
- Siren was a steam tender built in 1855 for the use of royalty at Bermuda and sold in 1863.
- Syren was a training tender, purchased in 1878 and attached to HMS Britannia. She was sold in 1912.
See also- {{HMS|Syeren}}, a Danish 74-gun fourth-rate captured in 1807. She was converted to harbour service in 1809, sold in 1814 but retained and sold again in 1815.
FootnotesNotes1. ^Until the beginning of the nineteenth century (and even later) the spellings were interchangeable. Different spellings for the same ships are used in sources, sometimes within the same document. 2. ^Lloyd's Marine List, - accessed 29 November 2013.
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