Ten ships of the
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS ''Hardy'', most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir
Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769–1839), captain of during the
Battle of Trafalgar
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* was a 12-gun
gunvessel
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig launched in 1804. She was used as a
storeship
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from 1818 and a
hospital ship
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from 1821, before being sold in 1835.
* was a
mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed ''MV 12'' later in 1855 and was sold in 1858.
* was an wood screw
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
launched in 1856 and sold in 1869.
* was a , later reclassified as an destroyer. She was launched in 1895 and sold in 1911.
* was an launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
* was an
H-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk off
Narvik
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in 1940.
* was a
V-class destroyer launched in 1943 and damaged by the
German
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submarine
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in 1944, later being scuttled.
* was a
ASW frigate launched in 1953 and sunk as a target in 1983.
See also:
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Royal Navy ship names