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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} Six ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Minotaur''''' after the [[minotaur]], a creature in [[Greek mythology]]: * {{HMS|Minotaur|1793}} was a [[seventy-four (ship)|74-gun]] [[third-rate]] [[ship of the line]] launched in 1793. She fought at the battles of [[Battle of the Nile|the Nile]] and [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]] and was wrecked in 1810 off [[Texel]]. * {{HMS|Minotaur|1816}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1816, renamed ''Hermes'' in 1866 and broken up in 1869. * {{HMS|Minotaur|1863}}, ordered as ''Elephant'' but renamed ''Minotaur'' before being launched in 1863, was the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Minotaur|ironclad|4}} of [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] [[armoured frigate]]s. She was renamed ''Boscawen II'' in 1904, ''Ganges'' in 1906 and ''Ganges II'' in 1908, and broken up in 1922. * {{HMS|Minotaur|1906}} was the lead ship of the {{sclass|Minotaur|cruiser (1906)|4}} of [[armoured cruiser]]s, launched in 1906 and broken up in 1920. * HMS ''Minotaur'' was to have been a {{sclass|Arethusa|cruiser|0||1934}} [[light cruiser]]. However, this ship was cancelled and reordered as a new {{sclass2|Town|cruiser (1936)|0}} light cruiser named {{HMS|Newcastle|C76|6}}. * HMS ''Minotaur'' was the lead ship of the {{sclass|Minotaur|cruiser (1943)|4}} of [[light cruiser]]s, launched in 1943. She was transferred to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] in 1944 and renamed {{HMCS|Ontario|C53|6}}. She was decommissioned in 1958 and broken up in 1960. ==References== *{{Cite Colledge2006}} {{Ship index}} {{Italic title prefixed|3}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Minotaur, Hms}} [[Category:Royal Navy ship names]]
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