HMS Royalist
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royalist:
- HMS Royalist (1807), (18 guns). Built in 1807, at Sandwich, a Cruizer class brig sloop which had an active career during the Napoleonic Wars. Sold in 1819.
- HMS Royalist (1823), built in 1823 at Portsmouth, a small Cherokee class brig sloop, which spent much of its life as a tender to battleships. Sold in 1838.
- HMS Royalist (1841), ex Mary Gordon, purchased in China in 1841, 6 guns. Became a hulk in 1856.
- HMS Royalist (1883), launched 1883, was a Satellite-class corvette.
- HMS Royalist (1915), launched 1915, was an Arethusa-class light cruiser that served in World War I.
- HMS Royalist (1942), a Bellona-class cruiser