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The first ''Serapis'' was a 44-gun Sailing Frigate launched in 1779 and captured later that year by the American John Paul Jones .

The second ''Serapis'' was a 44-gun Sailing Frigate launched in 1782 , converted to a Storeship in 1795 , and sold at Jamaica in 1826 .

The third ''Serapis'' was an iron screw Troopship in service from 1866 to 1894 .

The fourth ''Serapis'' was a Destroyer launched in 1918 and sold 1934 .

The fifth ''Serapis'' was a Destroyer launched in March 1943 , transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in October as HNLMS ''Piet Hein'' , and broken up in 1962 .

REFERENCE

J. J. Colledge , '' Ships Of The Royal Navy ''