HMS Justitia
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Four ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Justitia, after the goddess Justitia, of Roman mythology
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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...
have been named HMS Justitia, after the goddess Justitia, of Roman mythology
Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system, as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans...
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- HMS Justitia was a prison shipPrison shipA prison ship, historically sometimes called a prison hulk, is a vessel used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. This practice was popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries....
, formerly a merchant vessel, purchased in 1777 and in service until at least 1795. - HMS Justitia was a 74-gun third rate captured from the Danish at the Battle of CopenhagenBattle of Copenhagen (1807)The Second Battle of Copenhagen was a British preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet and in turn originate the term to Copenhagenize.-Background:Despite the defeat and loss of many ships in the first Battle of Copenhagen in...
in 1807 and broken up in 1817. - HMS Justitia was a 64-gun third rate, formerly a Dutch ship. She was seized in 1796 and named HMS Zealand, renamed HMS Justitia in 1812 and was sold in 1830.
- HMS JustitiaHMS Hindostan (1804)HMS Hindostan was a 50-gun two-decker fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She was originally a teak-built East Indiaman named Admiral Rainier that the Royal Navy brought into service in May 1804...
was a convict shipConvict shipThe term convict ship is a colloquial term used to describe any ship engaged on a voyage to carry convicted felons under sentence of penal transportation from their place of conviction to their place of exile.-Colonial practice:...
, acquired in 1804 as the 50-gun fourth rate HMS HindostanHMS Hindostan (1804)HMS Hindostan was a 50-gun two-decker fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She was originally a teak-built East Indiaman named Admiral Rainier that the Royal Navy brought into service in May 1804...
. She was rearmed to 20 guns and renamed HMS Dolphin in 1819, and then HMS Justitia in 1830 until her sale in 1855.