HMS Esperance

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Esperance, after espérance, the French term for 'hope':


 * HMS Esperance (1626) was a sloop captured in 1626 and given away in 1632.
 * HMS Esperance (1795) was a 16-gun sloop, captured from the French in 1795 and sold in 1798.