HMS Galatea

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HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.

• {{HMS|Galatea|1776}} was a 20-gun sixth-rate post-ship launched in 1776 and broken up in 1783.
• {{HMS|Galatea|1794}} was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and broken up 1809.
• {{HMS|Galatea|1810}} was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1810, a coal hulk after 1836, and broken up 1849.
• {{HMS|Galatea|1859}} was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1859 and broken up 1883. In 1866 she went on a world cruise, under the command of the Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.
• {{HMS|Galatea|1887}} was an {{sclass|Orlando|cruiser|0}} first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on 10 March 1887 and sold for scrapping on 5 April 1905.
• {{HMS|Galatea|1914}} was an {{sclass|Arethusa|cruiser (1913)|0}} light cruiser launched on 14 May 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard and sold 1921.
• {{HMS|Galatea|71}} was a light cruiser of (another) {{sclass|Arethusa|cruiser (1934)|4}}, launched on 9 August 1934 at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, Scotland, torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on 14 December 1941 with the loss of most of her crew.
• {{HMS|Galatea|1946}} was a RNVR stone frigate in Kingston upon Hull decommissioned in 1958.{{cite web |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1946-10-08/debates/f7d50c59-0484-401e-831e-6337c8b79fc1/Rnvr(HumberDivision) |title=Rnvr (Humber Division) |publisher=Hansard |date=8 October 1946 |accessdate=28 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1958/jan/21/rnvr-humber-division |title=R.N.V.R. (Humber Division) |publisher=Hansard |date=21 January 1958 |accessdate=28 December 2018}}
• {{HMS|Galatea|F18}} was a {{sclass|Leander|frigate}} built in 1963 and expended as a target in 1988.