HMS Sappho

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sappho, after the Ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho. Two more were planned but one was cancelled and one received a different name before launching:

• HMS Sappho (1806) was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and broken up in 1830.
• HMS Sappho (1837) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1837 and which foundered in 1859.
• HMS Sappho was to have been a wood screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
• HMS Sappho was to have been a wood screw sloop, but she was renamed HMS Eclipse in 1867 before being launched.
• HMS Sappho (1873) was a composite screw sloop launched in 1873 and sold in 1887.
• HMS Sappho (1891) was an Apollo class second class cruiser launched in 1891 and sold in 1921.