Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Kingfisher (or King's Fisher), after the kingfisher bird:
Kingfisher was a ship in service between 1664 and 1667.
HMS Kingfisher (1675) was a 46-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built in 1675, rebuilt in 1699 and broken up in 1728.
Kingfisher was a 4-gun ketch purchased in 1684 and captured by the French in 1690.
HMS Kingfisher (1745) (or Kings Fisher) was a 14-gun sloop launched at Gosport. She was converted into an 8-gun bomb vessel and served as such between 1758 and 1760. She was sold in 1763.
HMS Kingfisher (1770) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1770 and burnt to avoid capture in 1778.
HMS Kingfisher (1782) was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1782, having been purchased in the stocks. She was wrecked in 1798.
HMS Kingfisher (1804) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and broken up in 1816.
HMS Kingfisher (1823) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1823 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1838.
HMS Kingfisher (1845) was a 12-gun brig launched in 1845. She was laid up in 1852, and was then on harbour service from 1875. She was sold in 1890.
HMS Kingfisher (1879) was an Doterel-class sloop launched in 1879. She became a training ship and was renamed HMS Lark in 1892, and then HMS Cruizer in 1893. She was sold in 1919.
HMS Kingfisher was a 16-gun brig launched in 1850 as HMS Martin. She was renamed HMS Kingfisher in 1890, when she became a training brig. She was sold in 1907.
HMS Kingfisher was to have been a river gunboat. She was ordered in 1912, but was subsequently cancelled.
HMS Kingfisher (L70) was a Kingfisher-class sloop launched in 1935 and sold in 1947.
HMS Kingfisher (1954) was a King Salvor-class salvage vessel previously HMS King Salvor renamed in 1954 and in service until 1960 when she was sold to the Argentine Navy.
HMS Kingfisher (P260) was a Bird-class patrol vessel launched in 1974 and sold in 1996.
borne the name Kingfisher (or King's Fisher), after the kingfisher bird: Kingfisher was a ship in service between 1664 and 1667. HMSKingfisher (1675) was...
d'Estaing's squadron arrived in Narragansett Bay on 29 July 1778, she, HMSKingfisher, and HM galley Alarm were all burnt the next day to prevent the French...
Doterel-class sloop, previously named HMSKingfisher. She had been launched in 1879, renamed HMS Lark in 1892 and HMS Cruizer in 1893. She was sold in 1919...
they tended to operate independently, accompanied by their depot ship HMSKingfisher and a fuel carrier, RFA Spabeck. They later acted as high-speed underwater...
brig from 1880 and was renamed HMSKingfisher. She was sold in 1907. HMS Martin (1890) was a training brig, built as HMS Mayflower, but renamed in 1888...
the Spanish in 1805. She foundered in 1807. HMS Elizabeth (1805) was a 14-gun schooner that HMSKingfisher captured from the French in 1805. Around 1812...
1889. HMS Lark (1880) was a survey schooner launched in 1880 and sold in 1887. HMS Lark was an Doterel-class sloop launched in 1879 as HMSKingfisher. She...
28-gun HMS Liverpool, captained by Henry Bellew, and included the 32-gun HMS Orpheus, captained by Charles Hudson, and the sixteen-gun HMSKingfisher, captained...
commander of HMSKingfisher. He was promoted to post-captain in July 1795 and took command of a variety of ships including most notably HMS Syren, HMS Latona...
command of the patrol craft HMSKingfisher, the frigate HMS Diomede, the frigate HMS Chatham, and the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible. He was appointed...
under John Jervis, Lord St Vincent. Jervis appointed him to the sloop HMSKingfisher. Maitland was part of several successful cruises, and assisted in the...