HMS Calypso

HMS Calypso was a 16-gun Echo-class ship-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built at Deptford between 1781 and 1783, launched on 27 September 1783 and first commissioned on 1 December 1783 for service off Northern Ireland and Scotland. She served in the North Sea, Atlantic, and the West Indies. Calypso sank whilst acting as a convoy escort on 30 July 1803 after colliding with a West Indiaman merchant ship during a violent storm.

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1783  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Echo-class sloop-of-war, sloop-of-war, Royal Navy, 

• Three Decks page^@
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1783 HMS Calypso

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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HMS Calypso (1783), PW7972 (cropped)

Ship plans J4198 ZAZ3838

Ship plans J4202 ZAZ3837

HMS Calypso (1783), PW7972

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Calypso (1783), PW7972 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Ship plans J4198 ZAZ3838		Commons
commons	image		Ship plans J4202 ZAZ3837		Commons
commons	image		HMS Calypso (1783), PW7972		Commons