in addition to several other ships, ten ships of the royal navy have been named hms nautilus, after the greek word for a sailor. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1762 and put up for sale in 1780. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1784 and wrecked in 1799. * was a 14-gun brig-sloop built c. 1794 and captured in 1815 by uss peacock. * was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1807. * was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1834. * was an 18-gun cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1807 and broken up in 1823. * was a 10-gun cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1830. she became a training ship in 1852, was hulked in 1872 and broken up in 1878. * was an 8-gun training brig launched in 1879 and sold in 1905. * was a beagle-class destroyer launched in 1910. she was renamed hms grampus in 1913 and was sold in 1920. * was a submarine launched in 1914. she was renamed hms n1 in 1918 and was sold in 1922. ==references== *   
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