HMS Tarpon has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sceptre, after the sceptre, a symbol of royal authority.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement:
At least five ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cardiff, after the Welsh capital city, Cardiff:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Andromeda, after the Greek heroine Andromeda.
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Curacoa, after the island in the Caribbean Sea more usually spelled Curaçao:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cottesmore after the Cottesmore hunt:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scott. The first ship was named after Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet. The later ships were named after the Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott:
The tarpon is a species of a large, herring-like fish of the genus Megalops.
HMS Pegasus is the name which has been given to nine ships in the British Royal Navy. Pegasus was a winged horse in Greek mythology. These ships included:
Four British Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Ulysses:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undine, after the Ondines of mythology:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vittoria:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sturgeon, after the Sturgeon, a freshwater fish:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Recruit:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thisbe, after Thisbe, a character in Greek mythology:
HMS Valentine has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy, and may refer to:
HMS Tarpon was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and operational in the First World War. She is named after the large fish Tarpon; one species of which is native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific Oceans. Tarpon was built by the shipbuilders John Brown & Company at their Clydebank shipyard and was launched in March 1917 and entered service in April that year.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Garth.
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Thruster: