HMS Acasta

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Acasta, whilst another two were planned:

  • {{HMS|Acasta|1797}} was a 40-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1797 and broken up in 1821.
  • HMS Acasta was to have been a wooden screw frigate. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
  • {{HMS|Acasta|1912}} was an {{sclass|Acasta|destroyer}} launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
  • {{HMS|Acasta|H09}} was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929. She was sunk in 1940 by the German battleships {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}}.
  • HMS Acasta (P452) was to have been an {{sclass|Amphion|submarine}}, but was cancelled in 1945.

References

  • {{Cite Colledge2006}} p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=642j0xXqrYwC&pg=PA2 2].

{{Ship index}}

{{Italic title prefixed|3}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acasta}}

Category:Royal Navy ship names