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HMS Scourge

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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scourge :

  • HMS Scourge was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1779. In 1793 she captured the Sans Cullote and she foundered in 1795.
  • HMS Scourge was an 8-gun galley purchased in 1779 and listed until 1784.
  • HMS Scourge was a 4-gun gunvessel, formerly a Dutch hoy. The Admiralty purchased her in 1794, renamed her HMS Crash in 1803 and broken up that same year.
  • HMS Scourge was a 22-gun sloop, formerly the French corvette Robuste. The Royal Navy captured her in 1796 and sold her in 1802.
  • HMS Scourge was a 16-gun sloop that the Admiralty purchased in 1803 and sold in 1816.
  • HMS Scourge was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1844 and broken up in 1865.
  • HMS Scourge was an Ant-class gunboat launched in 1871, renamed C79 as a dockyard craft in 1904, and was listed until 1930.
  • HMS Scourge was a Beagle-class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.
  • HMS Scourge was an S-class destroyer launched in 1942. She was sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1946, renamed HNLMS Evertsen, and was broken up in 1963.