Five vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Carron'':
* , a 20-gun
''Cyrus''-class sixth-rate post ship
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built in 1813 and wrecked in 1820.
* , a wooden
paddle steamer
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launched in 1827, hulked in 1846, sold in 1877, and broken up in 1885.
* , a
mortar vessel launched in April 1855, renamed HMS ''MV17'' in September 1855, hulked in 1866, and broken up in 1884.
* , a
destroyer launched in 1944, paid off in 1963, and broken up in 1967.
* , a
minehunter
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launched in 1983 and sold to
Bangladesh
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in 1994.
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Royal Navy ship names