HMS Alarm

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Alarm", whilst another was planned but later cancelled:

*HMS "Alarm" was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate, launched in 1758. She was the first Royal Navy ship to have a fully copper sheathed hull. She was broken up in 1812.
*HMS "Alarm" was a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1780.
*HMS "Alarm" was a galley purchased in 1777 and lost in 1778.
*HMS "Alarm" was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the Dutch in 1779, and renamed "Helder" and then "Heldin" in 1800 and sold in 1802.
*HMS "Alarm" was to be a 28-gun sixth rate laid down in 1832 and cancelled later that year.
*HMS "Alarm" was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1845. She was converted into a coal hulk in 1860 and sold in 1904.
*HMS "Alarm" was an "Alarm" class torpedo gunboat, launched in 1892 and sold in 1907. [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/r_n_gunboats.htm] [http://exmouth-lifeboat.org.uk/Press_Release_30_Sep2_06.pdf]
* HMS "Alarm" was an "Acorn" class destroyer, launched in 1910 and sold in 1921. [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/acorn_class.htm]
*HMS "Alarm" was an "Algerine"-class minesweeper launched in 1942, damaged by German aircraft in 1943, and declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in 1944. [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3748.html] [http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Algerine-Alarm.htm]