HMS Endymion
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Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Endymion after the Greek hero Endymion.
- Endymion, launched in 1779, was a 44-gun frigate. She was wrecked on a coral reef near the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1790.
- Endymion, launched in 1797, was the lead ship of her class of 40- to 50-gun frigates. She served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. In the War of 1812 she fought a duel with USS President on January 15, 1815, disabling the American ship.
- Endymion, launched in 1865, was a fourth-rate frigate. She was scrapped soon after 1885.
- Endymion, launched in 1891, was an Edgar-class cruiser. She served in World War I and was broken up in 1921.