Eight ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Spey'', after the
River Spey, in
Scotland
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* was a 20-gun
sixth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1822; she then was sold to the New Grenada Patriots of 1821 and became their naval brig ''Boyacá''. She participated in the
Battle of Lake Maracaibo
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, and in 1824 participated in the capture of numerous Spanish vessels, including the Spanish frigate ''Ceres''. In 1826 she was reported to have been laid up.
* was a 10-gun launched in 1827, converted to a 4-gun
packet brig
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in 1833 and wrecked in 1840.
* was an wooden screw
gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1863.
* was a iron screw gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1923.
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HMS ''Spey'' was a British
patrol boat launched in 1917 as , renamed HMS ''Spey'' in 1925 and sold in 1938.
* was a launched in 1941 and sold to the
Egyptian Navy
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in 1948 and renamed ''Rasheid''. She remained in service with them until 1990.
* was a launched in 1985 and sold to the
Brazilian Navy
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in 1998 and renamed ''Pegasus'', and then ''Bocaina''.
* is a Batch 2 launched in 2019.
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Royal Navy ship names