Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Harrier'':
* , an 18-gun launched in 1804 and lost around March 1809, presumed foundered off the
Île de France.
* , an 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop launched in 1813, sold in 1829
* , an 18-gun
sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...
launched in 1831, broken up in 1840
* , a 17-gun wood screw sloop-of-war launched in 1854, broken up in 1866
* , a two-gun
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
launched in 1881, sold in 1888
* , a launched in 1894, sold in 1920
* , a launched in 1934, sold in 1950
*
HMS Harrier (shore establishment) was also a Royal Naval shore establishment for radar research and training, near
Dale, Pembrokeshire. It was commissioned in 1948 and closed in 1961.
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Royal Navy ship names