List of ships named Apollo

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A number of ships have been named Apollo or Apollon, after the Greek and Roman god, including:-

Merchant ships

  • Apollo (1812), an East India Company ship
  • Apollo (1831?), a trading ship that became a storeship in San Francisco, California
  • Apollo (1832), a British paddle passenger ship, scrapped in 1885{{cite web |title=Apollo |url=https://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=3773 |website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=29 January 2025}}
  • Apollo (1862), a British paddle passenger-cargo ship, scrapped in 1885{{cite web |title=Apollo |url=https://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=3773 |website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=29 January 2025}}
  • Apollo (1865), a British screw passenger-cargo ship, sunk in collision on 7 March 1882 {{cite web |title=Apollo |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?ref=200218 |website=Shipping And Shipbuilding |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=29 January 2025}}
  • Apollo (1866), a British-built Austrian passenger-cargo ship, scrapped in 1908{{cite web |title=Apollo |url=https://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=14685|website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=29 January 2025}}
  • Apollo (1927), a German cargo ship seized as prize in 1945 and renamed Empire Taff
  • Apollo (1936), the former British ferry and wartime landing ship Royal Scotsman, repurposed in the 1960s as founding flagship of the Sea Org of the Church of Scientology
  • Apollo (1943), a Swedish cargo ship built as Empire Unicorn
  • Apollo (1944 tug), a Greek tug, built as Empire Polly
  • Apollo (1944 freighter), a Norwegian cargo ship, formerly naval auxiliary USS Rockdale
  • Apollo (1945), an American cargo ship, built as the Liberty ship Willard R. Johnson
  • Apollon 11 (1952), a Greek ferry from 1969, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast as Irish Coast; sold to the Philippines in 1981
  • Apollon (1960), a Greek cruise ship, built as Empress of Canada
  • Apollo (1969), a vehicle and passenger ferry which operated in Sweden 1970–1976, Finland 1995–2000 and Canada (2000–2021)
  • Apollon (1973), a Japanese-built cruise ship of Epirotiki Line 1992–1995, broken up in 2014

Naval ships

=Royal Navy=

  • {{HMS|Apollo|1747}} was 20-gun storeship captured from the French in 1747 and wrecked in 1749 off Madras.
  • HMS Apollo was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1763 as {{HMS|Glory|1763|6}}. She was renamed in 1774, and was broken up in 1786.
  • {{HMS|Apollo|1794}} was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1799 off Holland.
  • {{HMS|Apollo|1799}} was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1804 off Portugal.
  • {{HMS|Apollo|1805}} was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1805. She was put in harbour service, followed by use as a troopship in 1846 and was broken up in 1856.
  • {{HMS|Apollo|1891}} was an {{sclass|Apollo|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted into a minelayer in 1909 and was broken up in 1920.
  • HMS Apollo was a {{sclass|Leander|cruiser (1931)|0}} light cruiser launched in 1934. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1938, and renamed {{HMAS|Hobart|1939|6}}.
  • {{HMS|Apollo|M01}} was an {{sclass|Abdiel|minelayer}} launched in 1943 and broken up in 1962.
  • {{HMS|Apollo|F70}} was a {{sclass|Leander|frigate}} launched in 1970. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1988 and renamed Zulfiquar.

==See also==

=United States Navy=

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