HMS Hardy

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English 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 Template:HMS during the Battle of Trafalgar:

Template:HMS was a 12-gun gunvessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
Template:HMS 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.
Template:HMS was a mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed MV 12 later in 1855 and was sold in 1858.
Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and sold in 1869.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass, later reclassified as an Template:Sclass2 destroyer. She was launched in 1895 and sold in 1911.
Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
Template:HMS was an H-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk off Narvik in 1940.
Template:HMS was a V-class destroyer launched in 1943 and damaged by the German submarine Template:GS in 1944, later being scuttled.
Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass ASW frigate launched in 1953 and sunk as a target in 1983.