HMS Electra 2691019 219423635 2008-06-15T04:08:51Z 98.225.75.169 Four ships have been named '''HMS Electra''' after the Greek mythological figure, [[Electra]] *The first [[HMS Electra (1804)|''Electra'']] was a 16 gun Brig Sloop commissioned in [[1804]]. It was wrecked off the coast of [[Sicily]] in [[25 March]] [[1812]]. *It was followed by an 18 gun Sloop [[HMS Electra (1837)|''Electra'']] commissioned [[28 September]] [[1837]] and sold in [[1862]]. *The first destroyer named [[HMS Electra (1895)|''Electra'']] was a [[C class destroyer (1913)|C class destroyer]], launched on [[14 July]] [[1896]]. She served in [[World War I]], and was sold for scrapping on [[29 March]] [[1920]]. *The second destroyer named [[HMS Electra (H27)|''Electra'']] was an [[E and F class destroyer|E class]] destroyer, launched in [[1934]], served in [[World War II]], rescuing the survivors of the [[HMS Hood (51)|HMS ''Hood'']], following the battle against the [[German battleship Bismarck|German battleship ''Bismarck'']] and the survivors of the [[HMS Repulse (1916)|HMS ''Repulse'']] after the destruction of the [[Force Z]] by Japanese naval aircraft. Eventually, it was sunk at the [[Battle of the Java Sea]] in [[1942]]. {{shipindex|name=Electra, HMS}} [[Category:Royal Navy ship names|Electra]] [[nl:HMS Electra]]