HMS Nestor explained

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nestor, after Nestor, a figure in Greek mythology:

• , a 28-gun sixth rate, formerly the French privateer Franklin, of Dunkirk. Franklin was under the command of an American captain, Bennet Negus, and cruised between April and June 1781,^[1] taking several prizes, before and captured her; she was sold in 1783.
• , an launched in 1915 and sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
• , an N-class destroyer launched in 1940. She was used by the Royal Australian Navy though she remained British property. She was sunk in 1942.

References

• • Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).

Notes and References

1. Demerliac (1996), p.176, #1707.