Seven vessels of the British
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Espoir'', after the French word for "hope":
* The first HMS ''Espoir'' was a sloop sold on 23 March 1784, origin unknown.
* was a French brig-sloop of fourteen 6-pounder guns that captured in the Mediterranean. She was sold in September 1804.
* was a launched on 22 September and broken up in April 1821.
* was launched on 9 May, and sold in 1857.
* was a launched 6 January, and armed with one 68-pounder and four 24-pounder howitzers. In 1869 she was converted to a dredger with the designation YC19. She was broken up in Bermuda in June 1881.
* was a launched on 2 November and armed with two 64-pounder guns and two 20-pounder smoothbores. She was converted to a tug in 1895 and on the sale list in 1903.
* The last HMS ''Espoir'' was laid down for the Royal Navy on 23 October 1942 in Seattle as HMS ''Espoir'' (BAM-23), a
''Catherine''-class minesweeper. However she was retained by the United States Navy as .
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Royal Navy ship names