HMS Hornet

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:

• Template:HMS, a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. She was in French hands between 1746 and 1747, and was sold in 1770.
• Template:HMS, a 16-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1772.
• Template:HMS, a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776 and sold in 1791.
• Template:HMS, a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794, hospital ship from 1805 to 1811, and sold in 1817.
• Template:HMS, a 4-gun Dutch hoy purchased as a gunvessel in 1794 and broken up in 1795.
• Template:HMS, a 6-gun schooner launched in 1831 and completed as a brigantine. She was broken up in 1845.
• Template:HMS, a wooden Template:Sclass screw sloop, initially ordered as a schooner, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868.
• Template:HMS, a composite Template:Sclass screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1889.
• Template:HMS, a Template:Sclass launched in 1893 and broken up in 1909.
• Template:HMS, an Template:Sclass launched in 1911 and broken up in 1921.
• Template:HMS, a stone frigate, a Coastal Forces Base at Gosport formed around 1941 and disbanded in 1956.