HMS Niobe

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Niobe, after the figure of Niobe in Greek mythology:


 * HMS Niobe (1800) was a 38-gun Fifth-rate, formerly the French frigate Diane. She was captured in 1800 and broken up in 1816.
 * HMS Niobe (1849) was a 28-gun Sixth-rate launched in 1849 and sold to the Prussian Navy in 1862.
 * HMS Niobe (1866) was a wood screw sloop launched in 1866 and wrecked in 1874.
 * HMS Niobe (1897) was a Diadem-class protected cruiser launched in 1897. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910, used as a depot ship from 1915 and was broken up in 1922.

HMS Niobe