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The first ''Achates'' was a 13-gun ship launched in 1573 and sold in 1605.

The second ''Achates'' was a 10-gun Sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1810 off Guadeloupe .

The third ''Achates'' was a 16-gun sloop, originally the French ''Le Milan'', captured in 1809 and sold in 1818.

The fourth ''Achates'' , launched in 1912, was an ''Acasta''-class Destroyer . She served in World War I and was sold in 1921.

The fifth ''Achates'' was an A-class Destroyer launched in 1929 and sunk in 1942 by the German cruiser ''Admiral Hipper'' .

''Achates'', an ''Amphion''-class Submarine launched in 1945, was never completed. She never entered service, and was sunk as a target in 1950.

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