Ten ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have borne the name HMS ''Hardy'', most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir
Thomas Masterman Hardy
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB (5 April 1769 – 20 September 1839) was a British Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797, the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and the ...
(1769–1839), captain of during the
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...
:
* was a 12-gun
gunvessel
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig
A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than ...
launched in 1804. She was used as a
storeship
Combat stores ships, or storeships, were originally a designation given to ships in the Age of Sail and immediately afterward that navies used to stow supplies and other goods for naval purposes. Today, the United States Navy and the Royal Nav ...
from 1818 and a
hospital ship from 1821, before being sold in 1835.
* was a
mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed ''MV 12'' later in 1855 and was sold in 1858.
* was an wood screw
gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1869.
* was a , later reclassified as an destroyer. She was launched in 1895 and sold in 1911.
* was an launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
* was an
H-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk off
Narvik
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in 1940.
* was a
V-class destroyer launched in 1943 and damaged by the
German
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submarine
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in 1944, later being scuttled.
* was a
ASW frigate launched in 1953 and sunk as a target in 1983.
See also:
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Royal Navy ship names