HMS Offa
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Offa, after Offa of Mercia. A third was renamed before being launched:
- HMS Offa was a Talisman class destroyer, originally under construction for the Turkish Navy. She was taken over and renamed HMS Offa, but was launched as HMS Trident in 1915.
- HMS Offa was an Admiralty M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Offa was an O class destroyer launched in 1941. She was sold to the Pakistani Navy in 1949 and renamed Tariq. She was scrapped in 1959.
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