{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named '''HMS ''Hornet''''', after the insect:
* {{HMS|Hornet|1745}}, a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. She was in French hands between 1746 and 1747, and was sold in 1770. * {{HMS|Hornet|1763}}, a 16-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1772. * {{HMS|Hornet|1776}}, a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776 and sold in 1791. * {{HMS|Hornet|1794 sloop-of-war}}, a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794, hospital ship from 1805 to 1811, and sold in 1817. * {{HMS|Hornet|1794 gunvessel}}, a 4-gun Dutch hoy purchased as a gunvessel in 1794 and broken up in 1795. * {{HMS|Hornet|1831}}, a 6-gun schooner launched in 1831 and completed as a brigantine. She was broken up in 1845. * {{HMS|Hornet|1854}}, a wooden {{sclass|Cruizer|sloop|0}} screw sloop, initially ordered as a schooner, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868. * {{HMS|Hornet|1868}}, a composite {{sclass|Beacon|gunvessel|0}} screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1889.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lyon |first1=David |last2=Winfield |first2=Rif |title=The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889 |date=2004 |publisher=Chatham |location=London |isbn=1-86176-032-9 |page=294}}</ref> * {{HMS|Hornet|1893}}, a {{sclass|Havock|destroyer}} launched in 1893 and broken up in 1909. * {{HMS|Hornet|1911}}, an {{sclass|Acheron|destroyer|2}} launched in 1911 and broken up in 1921. * {{HMS|Hornet|shore establishment}}, a stone frigate, a Coastal Forces Base at Gosport formed around 1941 and disbanded in 1956.
== References == {{Reflist}}
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