HMS "Hermione" was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, (Glasgow, Scotland), with the keel laid down on 6 October 1937. She was launched on 18 May 1939 and commissioned 25 March 1941. On 16 June 1942, "Hermione" was torpedoed and sunk by the in the Mediterranean. Eighty-eight crewmembers and the ship's cat, 'Convoy', were killed.