HMS Goshawk

Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goshawk, after the bird of prey, the goshawk. A sixth ship was renamed before being launched:

Ships

  • HMS Goshawk (1806) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1813.
  • HMS Goshawk (1814) was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1814 and shipped to Canada for completion. She was found to be unsuitable and was sold in 1815.
  • HMS Goshawk was to have been a 12-gun brig-sloop but she was renamed HMS Nerbudda in 1845 before being launched in 1847.
  • HMS Goshawk (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1869.
  • HMS Goshawk (1872) was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1872. She was hulked in 1902 and sold c. 1906.
  • HMS Goshawk (1911) was an Acheron-class destroyer launched in 1911 and sold in 1921.

Shore establishment

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