HMS Hyperion

HMS Hyperion is one of thirteen Arrogant-class ships of the line laid down to a design by Sir Thomas Slade and launched at Sheerness Dockyard in April 1788, and is the first ship to bear the name.
She is currently the flagship of Vice Admiral Richard Bolitho and is based in Gibraltar and the Mediterranean.
== Sister Ships ==
*HMS ArrogantBuilder: John Barnard, HarwichOrdered: 13 December 1758Laid down: March 1759Launched: 22 January 1761Completed: 28 April 1761Fate: Sold at Bombay to be broken up, 1810
*HMS CornwallBuilder: William Wells, DeptfordOrdered: 13 December 1758Laid down: 19 February 1759Launched: 19 May 1761Completed: 16 September 1761Fate: Burnt or scuttled as unserviceable at St Lucia, 30 June 1780
*HMS EdgarBuilder: WoolwichOrdered: 25 August 1774Launched: 30 June 1779Fate: Broken up, 1835
*HMS GoliathBuilder: Deptford DockyardOrdered: 21 February 1778Launched: 19 October 1781Fate: Broken up, 1815
*HMS ZealousBuilder: Barnard, DeptfordOrdered: 19 June 1782Launched: 25 June 1785Fate: Broken up, 1816
*HMS AudaciousBuilder: John Randall, RotherhitheOrdered:Launched: 23 July 1785Fate: Broken up, 1815
*HMS ElephantBuilder: Parsons, BursledonOrdered: 27 December 1781Launched: 24 August 1786Fate: Broken up, 1830
*HMS BellerophonBuilder: Graves, FrindsburyOrdered: 11 January 1782Launched: 6 October 1786Fate: Sold out of the service, 1836
*HMS SaturnBuilder: Raymond, Northam, HampshireOrdered: 22 December 1781Launched: 22 November 1786Fate: Broken up, 1868
*HMS VanguardBuilder: Deptford DockyardOrdered: 9 December 1779Launched: 6 March 1787Fate: Broken up, 1821
*HMS ExcellentBuilder: Graham, HarwichOrdered: 9 August 1781Launched: 27 November 1787Fate: Broken up, 1835
*HMS IllustriousBuilder: Henry Adams, Bucklers HardOrdered: 31 December 1781Launched: 7 July 1789Fate: Grounded in gale near Livorno (Leghorn) and burnt, 28 March 1795.
== Note ==
Please note that Show the Colours is not following the precise timeline of the Bolitho books in having him aboard Hyperion in the Mediterranean in 1809.
While the Arrogant class of ship did exist historically, it only consisted of 12 ships IRL; our Hyperion is fictional, being adopted from the Bolitho series by Alexander Kent.Category:Ships
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