Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Halcyon. The term Halcyon originates from the Greek myth of Alcyone and means golden or marked by peace and prosperity.
The first HMS Halcyon was the French 16-gun brig-sloopAlcyon, which HMS Narcissus captured in 1803; Halcyon was broken up 1812.
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