HMS Siren

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Siren, Syren or Sirene, after the Sirens of Greek mythology:

• was a 24-gun post ship of the 1741 Establishment launched in 1745 and sold in 1764.
• was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked in 1777.
• was a 24-gun launched in 1779 and wrecked in 1781.
• was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1782, on harbour service from 1805 and broken up in 1822.
• was previously the French , a brig-aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne. and captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 and was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796.
• HMS Siren was to have been a 32-gun fifth rate, ordered in 1805 and cancelled in 1806.
• HMS Siren was previously . She was captured in 1814 and used as a hospital hulk. She was on the Navy list until 1815.
• was a 16-gun brig-sloop, launched in 1841 and broken up by 1868.
• HMS Siren was previously , an launched in 1856. She was renamed HMS Siren in 1895, and was sold in 1896.
• was a launched in 1900 and sold in 1920.

Uncommissioned vessels

• Syren was an American schooner that a British squadron captured off New York in January 1813 and armed for use as a tender. Disposal unknown.
• Siren was a steam tender built in 1855 for the use of royalty at Bermuda and sold in 1863.
• Syren was a training tender, purchased in 1878 and attached to HMS Britannia. She was sold in 1912.

See also

• , a Danish 74-gun fourth-rate captured in 1807. She was converted to harbour service in 1809, sold in 1814 but retained and sold again in 1815.