Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hector, named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad. The first HMS Hector (1643) was a 22-gun ship sold in 1656. The second HMS Hector (1653) was a 30-gun ship sold in 1657. The third HMS Hector (1656) was a 22-gun ship sunk by the Dutch Navy in 1665.

HMS Hector was a UK steam turbine passenger and refrigerated cargo liner launched in 1924. She was the fourth of six civilian ships to bear the name. [1] In the Second World War Hector was converted into an armed merchant cruiser. She was the eleventh HMS Hector in the history of the Royal Navy. A Japanese air raid sank her in Ceylon in 1942.

HMS Hector was the lead ship of the Hector -class armoured frigates ordered by the Royal Navy in 1861. Upon completion in 1864, she was assigned to the Channel Fleet. The ship was paid off in 1867 to refit and be re-armed. Upon recommissioning in 1868, she was assigned as the guard ship of the Fleet Reserve in the southern district until 1886.

2017年10月9日 · On the 25th, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Hector (Capt. (Retd.) F. Howard, DSC, RN) departed Cochin to make rendezvous with the convoy which was affected around 1430EF/26 in position 15°00'N, 72°15'E. The convoy arrived at Colombo on 1 March 1942. HMS Hector did not enter harbour but set course to return to Cochin. (45) 2 Mar 1942

HMS Hector was an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal Navy. Initially built as a cargo liner, she was requisitioned by the Admiralty during the Second World War. She was sunk in a Japanese air attack in 1942 and was later raised and scrapped.

The eighth Hector was a 74-gun third-rate captured from France in April 1782 that foundered in October. The ninth Hector was the first ship of her class of iron steam propelled battleships and launched in 1862, and scrapped in 1905.

H.M.S. Hector served as a kite balloon ship in the Royal Navy from 12 May, 1915 until 24 May, 1916. Served in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1915 and 1916. After her decommissioning, she …

Hector became part of the Vernon torpedo school in 1900 and was the first ship fitted with a wireless transmitter. Sold for breakup 1905. Valiant was employed on harbor service, eventually converted to a floating oil tank in 1924, and not broken up until 1957.

Some brief notes on the Hector. 13 Jan 1864 Commissioned at Portsmouth. 13 Jan to 31 Dec 1864 Home Station. Reports of Small Pox onboard, was contracted at Portsmouth. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury. 1870 Coast Guard Service, Southampton Water. 1879 Ship of First Reserve. 1879 Coast Guard Service ; Southampton Water. 1890 Portsmouth.

The tenth HMS Hector (1915)was a requisitioned merchant ship used as a kite balloon ship in the Dardanelles campaign (1915), and returned to civil service in 1918.