HMS Daphne

At least five ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Daphne after the naiad Daphne:

• HMS Daphne (1776), was a Sphinx-class post ship that the French Navy captured in the Channel in December 1794. HMS Anson recaptured her in December 1797. She was sold in May 1802.
• HMS Daphne (1786), was the Dutch Sirene, launched in 1786, captured in 1796 at the second battle of Saldanha Bay and brought into service as a 24-gun post ship. She was converted to a prison ship in 1798 and renamed HMS Laurel; she was sold in 1821.
• HMS Daphne (1838), a 18 gun corvette
• HMS Daphne (1866), an Amazon-class steam sloop
• HMS Daphne (1888), a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop

See also

• Hired armed lugger Daphne, a lugger that served in the Royal Navy as a hired armed vessel from 2 November 1794 to 19 December 1796