HMS Kingfisher

Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Kingfisher", after the Kingfisher:

* was a ship in service between 1664 and 1667.
* was a 46-gun fourth rate ship of the line built in 1676, rebuilt in 1699 and broken up in 1728.
* was a 4-gun ketch purchased in 1684 and captured by the French in 1690.
* was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. She was converted into an 8-gun bomb vessel and served as such between 1758 and 1760. She was sold in 1763.
* was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1770 and burnt to avoid capture in 1778.
* was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1782, having been purchased in the stocks. She was wrecked in 1798.
* was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and broken up in 1816.
* was a 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1823 and sold in 1838.
* was a 12-gun brig launched in 1845. She was laid up in 1852, and was then on harbour service from 1875. She was sold in 1890.
* was an "Osprey" class sloop launched in 1879. She became a training ship and was renamed HMS "Lark" in 1892, and then HMS "Cruizer" in 1893. She was sold in 1919.
* HMS "Kingfisher" was a 16-gun brig launched in 1850 as HMS "Martin". She was renamed HMS "Kingfisher" in 1890, when she became a training brig. She was sold in 1907.
* HMS "Kingfisher" was to have been a river gunboat. She was ordered in 1912, but was subsequently cancelled.
* was a sclass|Kingfisher|sloop|3 launched in 1935 and sold in 1947.
* was a Bird class patrol vessel launched in 1974 and sold in 1996.

There was also a brig named HMS "Kingfish" listed in service between 1807 and 1814.