Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Sparkler:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Gallant:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Biter. Another was planned:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Defender:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griper:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Contest:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Volcano. Two more were planned, but never completed:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tartarus, after Tartarus, from Greek mythology. A fourth was laid down, but never completed:
Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pincher:
There have been twelve ships of the Royal Navy that have been named HMS Flying Fish, after the Flying Fish.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Grappler:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Staunch:
HMS Hamadryad may refer to:
HMS Sparkler was an Acute-class gunvessel launched in 1797 as GB No.7 and renamed HMS Sparkler in August 1797. She served the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The Navy sold her in 1802. She became a merchantman. In 1813 a French privateer captured her but the Royal Navy recaptured her shortly thereafter. She was wrecked in February 1814.
Several ships have been named Jane:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Growler