HMS Terrible

Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Terrible:

• Terrible (1694), 26-gun sixth-rate captured by the Spanish near Cape Saint Vincent
• Terrible (1730), 14-gun bomb vessel
• Terrible (1747), 74-gun third-rate captured from the French
• Terrible (1762), 74-gun third-rate
• Terrible (1785), 74-gun third-rate
• Terrible (1845), wooden-hulled paddle frigate
• Terrible (1895), a Powerful-class protected cruiser
• Terrible (R93), aircraft carrier launched in 1944 and sold to Australia in 1947 where it was renamed HMAS Sydney (R17)