HMS Hazard

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hazard:

  • HMS Hazard was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1711. She was wrecked in 1714 off Boston, New England.
  • HMS Hazard was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1740. She was in the hands of the Young Pretender in 1745–6. She was sold in 1749.
  • HMS Hazard was an 8-gun sloop launched in 1749. She was sold in 1783.
  • HMS Hazard was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794. She was sold in 1817.
  • HMS Hazard was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1837. She was sold in 1866.
  • HMS Hazard was an torpedo gunboat launched in 1894. Later in her service she was used as a submarine tender. She was sunk in 1918 in a collision in the English Channel.
  • HMS Hazard was a Halcyon class minesweeper launched in 1937. She was sold in 1949.

also

  • HMS Hazard Prize was an 8-gun sloop captured from the French in 1756. She was sold in 1759.

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