Four ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Doris'' after the mythical Greek sea nymphe
Doris, whilst another was planned:
* was a 36-gun
fifth-rate frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
launched in 1795 and wrecked in 1805.
* HMS ''Doris'' was to have been a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate. She was ordered in 1806 but was cancelled later that year.
* was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate built for the navy at the East India Company Dockyard in Bombay and launched in 1807 as ''Salsette'', but renamed ''Pitt'' later that year. She was then renamed HMS ''Doris''. She was sold in 1829.
* was a wood screw frigate launched in 1857 and sold in 1885.
* was an
light cruiser launched in 1896 and sold in 1919.
* was a three-master
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
, launched in 1904 sunk in 1907 before the coast of
Westkapelle, Netherlands
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Royal Navy ship names