HMS Nestor

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nestor, after Nestor, a figure in Greek mythology:

• HMS Nestor (1781), a 28-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer Franklin, of Dunkirk. Franklin was under the command of an American captain, Bennet Negus, and cruised between April and June 1781,^[1] taking several prizes, before Ramillies and Ulysses captured her; she was sold in 1783.
• HMS Nestor (1915), an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1915 and sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
• HMAS Nestor (G02), an N-class destroyer launched in 1940. She was used by the Royal Australian Navy though she remained British property. She was sunk in 1942.

Citations

1. Demerliac (1996), p.176, #1707.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3