HMS Hydra (A144) the first commission of HMS "Hydra". She was decommissioned and sold to the Indonesian Navy in 1986 and renamed KRI "Dewa Kembar" (Pennant Number 932); she was still in service in 2006. There have been eight ships of the name in the Royal Navy, named for the Hydra of Greek Mythology, a serpent with many heads (though nine is generally accepted as standard), the centre one of which was immortal. The monster was overcome and slain by Hercules. The ship's badge of HMS "Hydra" depicts the monster with seven heads. The ship's motto was "Ut Herculis Perseverantia" ("Like Hercules Persevere").
Megara (mythology) Megara (mythology) In Greek mythology, Megara (; Ancient Greek: Μεγάρα) was the oldest daughter of Creon, king of Thebes and possibly, Eurydice. She was the sister of Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. In reward for Heracles' defending Thebes from the Minyans at Orchomenus single-handed, Creon offered his daughter Megara to Heracles, and he brought her home to the house of Amphitryon. She bore him a son and a daughter, whom Heracles killed when Hera struck him with temporary madness; in their hero-tombs in Thebes they were venerated as the "Chalkoarai". In some sources Heracles slew Megara too, in others,