HMS Spartiate
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HMS Spartiate has been the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
. The first was a captured French prize, the second was mostly likely named after this ship.
HMS Spartiade was also a former Royal Navy shore establishment in
St Enoch's Hotel Glasgow
Western Approaches Command, Clyde
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
. The first was a captured French prize, the second was mostly likely named after this ship.
- Spartiate was a 74 gun third rate ship of the line. She was captured from the French at the Battle of the NileBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
and fought at the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
on the British side. - SpartiateHMS Spartiate (1898)HMS Spartiate was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dock and launched on October 27, 1898. She was a stokers' training ship in 1914 and was renamed Fisgard in June 1915. She survived the War and was sold in July 1932. She returned to...
was a Diadem class cruiserDiadem class cruiserThe Diadem class cruiser was a class of "First-Class" protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s that served in the First World War...
launched in 1898 and broken up in 1932.
HMS Spartiade was also a former Royal Navy shore establishment in
St Enoch's Hotel Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
Western Approaches Command, Clyde