HMS Cerberus

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cerberus or Cerbere after the three-headed dog named Cerberus that guards Hades in Greek mythology:


 * HMS Cerberus was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1758 and burnt in 1778.
 * HMS Cerberus was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1779 and wrecked on Bermuda in 1783.
 * HMS Cerberus was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1794 and sold in 1814 after service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
 * HMS Cerbere was a 7-gun gun-brig that HMS Viper captured from the French in 1800. She was wrecked in 1804.
 * HMS Cerberus was a 46-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1827 and broken up by 1866.