HMS Leopard

Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Leopard" after the leopard:

* The first "Leopard" was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653.
* The second "Leopard" was a 54-gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699.
* The third "Leopard" was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and expended the following year. John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672.
* The fourth "Leopard" was a 54-gun fourth-rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739.
* The fifth "Leopard" was a 50-gun fourth-rate in service from 1741 to 1761.
* The sixth "Leopard", famous for her role in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1790, a troopship from 1812, and wrecked 1814.
* The seventh "Leopard" was a 4-gun vessel formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased 1794 and sold 1808.
* The eighth "Leopard" was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate, launched 1850 and sold 1867.
* The ninth "Leopard" was a C class destroyer in service from 1897 to 1919.
* The tenth "Leopard", launched in 1927, was a French "Chacal"-class destroyer, seized in 1940, transferred to the Free French forces and wrecked off Benghazi on 27 May 1943.
* The eleventh "Leopard" (F14), launched in 1955, was the lead ship of her class of frigates. She was broken up in 1977.