Four ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Cuckoo'', after the
cuckoo, a family of birds:
* was a 4-gun
schooner
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launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1810.
* was a wooden paddle
packet launched in 1822 as the
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vessel ''Cinderella''. She was transferred to the navy in 1837, was used as a
tug
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from 1861 and was sold in 1864.
* was an iron screw
gunboat launched in 1873. She became a base ship in 1912 and was renamed HMS ''Vivid''. She was renamed HMS ''Vivid (Old)'' in 1920 and ''YC37'' in 1923. She was sold in 1958.
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HMS ''Cuckoo'' was a
coastguard vessel launched in 1869 as . She was renamed HMS ''Amelia'' in 1888 as a coastguard gunboat. She was renamed HMS ''Colleen'' in 1905, HMS ''Colleen Old'' in 1916, and HMS ''Emerald'' and then HMS ''Cuckoo'' in 1918. She was sold in 1922.
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Royal Navy ship names