HMS Hardy

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hardy, most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839), captain of HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar:

• HMS Hardy (1797) was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• HMS Hardy (1804) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804. She was used as a storeship from 1818 and a hospital ship from 1821, before being sold in 1835.
• HMS Hardy (1855) was a mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed MV 12 later in 1855 and was sold in 1858.
• HMS Hardy (1856) was an Albacore class wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1869.
• HMS Hardy (1895) was a Hardy class destroyer, later reclassified as an A class destroyer. She was launched in 1895 and sold in 1911.
• HMS Hardy (1912) was an Acasta class destroyer launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
• HMS Hardy (1936) was an H class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk off Narvik in 1940.
• HMS Hardy (R08) was a V class destroyer launched in 1943 and damaged by the German submarine U-278 in 1944, later being scuttled by HMS Venus.
• HMS Hardy (F54) was a Blackwood class ASW frigate launched in 1953 and sunk as a target in 1983.