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Five ships and a [[shore establishment]] of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Calliope''''' after the [[muse]] [[Calliope]] in [[Greek mythology]]:

* {{HMS|Calliope|1808}} was a 10-gun {{sclass|Cherokee|brig-sloop}} launched in 1808 and broken up in 1829.
* {{HMS|Calliope|1837}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] launched in 1837.  She was used as a floating chapel in 1860 and a factory from 1865.  She was broken up in 1883.
* {{HMS|Calliope|1884}} was a {{sclass|Calypso|corvette}} or [[cruiser|third class cruiser]] launched in 1884. She was used as a [[Royal Naval Reserve]] drill ship from 1907, was renamed HMS ''Helicon'' in 1915 and took back the name of HMS ''Calliope'' in 1931. She was sold in 1951.
* {{HMS|Calliope|1914}} was a {{sclass2|C|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]] launched in 1914, the [[lead ship]] of the ''Calliope'' subgroup. She was sold in 1931.
* HMS ''Calliope'' was originally the {{sclass|Shoreham|sloop|0}} [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] {{HMS|Falmouth|L34|6}}. She was launched in 1932, and renamed HMS ''Calliope'' in 1952 when she replaced the 1884 HMS ''Calliope'' as the RNR's drill ship.  She was broken up in 1968.
* {{HMS|Calliope|shore establishment}}, one of fourteen Royal Naval Reserve units, is a "[[stone frigate]]" situated on the [[Gateshead]] bank of the [[River Tyne, England|River Tyne]], between the [[Tyne Bridge]] and the [[Gateshead Millennium Bridge]].

==References==
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}
*[http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/royal-naval-reserve/training-centres/hms-calliope-gateshead/ HMS ''Calliope''] from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20060303191953/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/ Royal Navy website].

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