HMS Pique

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Pique":

*HMS "Pique" was formerly the French ship "Pique", a 38-gun fifth rate, captured in 1795 by HMS "Blanche", commanded by Robert Faulknor the younger. HMS "Pique" was wrecked in action with the French ship "Seine" in 1798.
*HMS "Pique" was formerly the French ship "Pallas", a 36-gun fifth rate, captured in 1800 by a squadron off the coast of France. She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
*HMS "Pique" was a 46-gun fifth rate ordered in 1825, but cancelled in 1832.
*HMS "Pique" was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1834, and sent to the eastern Mediterranean in 1840 as part of a squadron under HMS "Cambridge". She was converted to a receiving ship in 1872, lent as a hospital hulk in 1882 and sold in 1910.
*HMS "Pique" was an "Aeolus" class second class cruiser, launched in 1890 and sold to the breakers in 1911.
*HMS "Pique" was a C class destroyer ordered in April 1942, but cancelled in November, and reordered as HMS "Carysfort".
*HMS "Pique" was a "Catherine" class minesweeper, previously planned to be named HMS "Celerity", but renamed in 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend Lease in 1942 and returned to the US Navy in 1946. She was transferred to Turkey in March 1947 and renamed "Ereğli". She was stricken in 1973.