Editing HMS Galatea

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'''HMS ''Galatea''''', after the [[Galatea (mythology)|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 [[Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Prince Alfred]], [[Duke of Edinburgh]]. 
* {{HMS|Galatea|1887}} was an {{sclass|Orlando|cruiser|0}} [[cruiser|first-class cruiser]] built in [[Glasgow]], and [[ship naming and launching|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 Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
* {{HMS|Galatea|F18}} was a {{sclass|Leander|frigate}} built in 1963 and expended as a target in 1988.

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