Three vessels of the French Navy have borne the name Hardi, the name being the French word for "daring":
In addition, several French privateers have also borne the name, or a variant:
Thirteen vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mohawk, after the Mohawk, an indigenous tribe of North America:
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:
Three vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vidette:
Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Badger, after the Eurasian badger:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Barracouta, after the fish Thyrsites atun. Another was renamed before being launched:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rosario, after the Spanish word Rosario, meaning rosary:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cruizer or HMS Cruiser:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mutine :
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Basilisk, after the Basilisk, a mythical lizard:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Viper, or HMS Vipere, after the members of the Viperidae family:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scout:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seagull or HMS Sea Gull, after the gull:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hope:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonetta:
Eleven ships of the French Navy have borne the name Renard, after the Fox or the character Reynard. The name was also popular for privateers.
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hardi, albeit briefly. Both were French privateers that the Royal Navy captured, with the name being the French word for "daring":