Editing HMS Hardy

{{Short description | Royal Navy ships named HMS Hardy; most named after Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy}}
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Ten ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Hardy''''', most of the later ones have been named for Vice Admiral Sir [[Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet|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 [[bomb vessel|mortar vessel]] launched in 1855. She was renamed ''MV 12'' later in 1855 and was sold in 1858.
* {{HMS|Hardy|1856}} was an {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|0||1855}} wood screw [[gunboat]] launched in 1856 and sold in 1869.
* {{HMS|Hardy|1895}} was a {{sclass|Hardy|destroyer}}, later reclassified as an {{sclass2|A|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyer. She was launched in 1895 and sold in 1911.
* {{HMS|Hardy|1912}} was an {{sclass|Acasta|destroyer|2}} launched in 1912 and sold for scrap in 1921.
* {{HMS|Hardy|H87}} was an [[G and H-class destroyer|H-class]] destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk off [[Narvik]] in 1940.
* {{HMS|Hardy|R08}} was a [[U and V-class destroyer|V-class]] destroyer launched in 1943 and damaged by the [[Germany|German]] [[submarine]] {{GS|U-278||2}} in 1944, later being scuttled. 
* {{HMS|Hardy|F54}} was a {{sclass|Blackwood|frigate|0}} [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] frigate launched in 1953 and sunk as a target in 1983.

See also: {{HMS|Hardi||6}}

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