HMS Surprise

Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Surprise" or HMS "Surprize", including:

* HMS "Surprize", a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and sold in 1770.
* HMS "Surprize", a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1774 and sold in 1783.
* HMS "Surprize", an 18-gun sloop, formerly the American privateer "Bunker Hill", captured in 1778 and sold in 1783.
* HMS "Surprize", a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1780 and sold in 1786.
* HMS "Surprize", a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1786 and sold in 1792.
* HMS "Surprise", originally the French corvette "L'Unité" (1794), captured in 1796 by HMS "Inconstant" and reclassified as a sixth-rate frigate. She was sold in 1802.
* HMS "Surprise", a 10-gun schooner, previously the French merchantman "Surprise". She was captured in 1799 by HMS "Brave" and sold in 1800.
* HMS "Surprise", a 38-gun frigate, previously named "Jacobs" and launched in 1812. She was hulked as a prison ship in 1822 and sold in 1837.
* HMS "Surprise", a 2-gun schooner on the Canadian Lakes. She was formerly the American "Tigress", captured in 1814 and listed in service until 1832.
* HMS "Surprise", a wooden-screw gun vessel, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1866.
* HMS "Surprise", a despatch vessel launched in 1885. She was renamed HMS "Alacrity" in 1913 and was sold in 1919.
* HMS "Surprise", a Yarrow Later M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sunk in 1917.
* HMS "Surprise" (K346), a Bay class frigate. She had been laid down as HMS "Loch Carron" but was renamed HMS "Gerrans Bay" in 1944 before being launched in 1945. She was renamed HMS "Surprise" and used as a despatch vessel later that year, and was broken up in 1965.

HMS "Surprise" may also refer to:

* HMS "Surprise" (ship), a modern replica of the 18th century Royal Navy frigate HMS "Rose", modified to represent the 1796 HMS "Surprise" in the film , and now owned by the San Diego Maritime Museum.

*HMS "Surprise" (novel), the third novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.

ee also

*USS "Surprise"