Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Lapwing'', after the
northern lapwing
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, a species of bird:
* was a 10-gun
cutter
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launched in 1764 and lost in 1765.
* was a 28-gun
sixth rate launched in 1785. She was used on harbour service from 1813 and was broken up in 1828.
* was a 6-gun
packet brig
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launched in 1825, used as a
breakwater
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from 1845, and sold in 1861.
* was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1856 and sold in 1864.
* was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1885.
* was a composite screw
gunboat launched in 1889 and sold in 1910.
* was an launched in 1911 and sold for scrapping in 1921.
* was a
sloop
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launched in 1943 and sunk by a
U-boat in 1945.
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Royal Navy ship names