Talk:HMS Bellerophon
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Number of ships?
editThere must have beeen at least four, and not three, ships named Bellerophon as according to www.battleships.cruisers.co.uk the third "Bellerophon" was launched in 1865. Additionally there is an account here of the fitting out of a 78 gun HMS Bellerophon in 1847. Whether this was an old ship that had been renamed and recommisioned is not clear. The article in Wikipedia on John Prettyjohn states that he joined HMS Bellerophon in 1850. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cejwildman (talk • contribs) 06:22, 27 July 2006
- I was just wondering about that myself. Mackensen (talk) 18:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Two Bellerophons at once??
editThe article (in its current version) appears to describe two HMS Bellerophons both in commission (or, at least, afloat) at the same time, through the period 1865 - 1892. That seems puzzling. Anyone able to comment on this?
The list of four ships named Bellerophon mentions an 80-gun third rate launched in 1818, initially named Talavera and then Waterloo, and then (in 1824) Bellerophon, in a harbour role from 1848 but later active at Sebastopol, putting guns ashore there during the 1854-6 Crimean War, and eventually sold to be scrapped in 1892. The list also shows an 1865 ironclad. 2.24.136.14 (talk) 11:47, 22 October 2024 (UTC)