HMS Artemis

HMS Artemis after the Greek goddess Artemis is the name of a number of real and fictional ships:

Royal Navy vessel

HMS Artemis (P449), an Amphion class submarine built in 1946, which foundered while at moorings in 1971 and was subsequently broken up. The only Royal Navy vessel to have borne this name.

Fictional

Artemis - in Diana Gabaldon's Voyager
Artemis - In The Ship, by C. S. Forester. The Artemis was based upon the real exploits and experiences of HMS Penelope during a battle in the Mediterranean Sea against superior Italian forces.

See also

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