HMS Thames

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thames, after the River Thames:


 * HMS Thames was a 32 gun fifth rate launched in 1758 and broken up in 1803. She was in French hands between 1793 and 1796, when she was known as Tamise.
 * HMS Thames was another 32 gun fifth rate, launched in 1805 and broken up in 1816.
 * HMS Thames was a cutter tender built in 1805. She became a dockyard craft in 1866 and was renamed YC 2.  She was sold in 1872.
 * HMS Thames was an Indian bomb vessel launched in 1814. Her ultimate fate is unknown.
 * HMS Thames was a 46 gun fifth rate launched in 1823. She was converted to a prison ship in 1841, and sank at her moorings in 1863.
 * HMS Thames was a Mersey-class second class cruiser launched in 1885. She was converted to a depot ship in 1903, and was sold in 1920 to become a training ship at the Cape, being renamed General Botha.  Her name reverted to Thames when she became an accommodation ship in 1942, and she was finally scuttled in 1947.
 * HMS Thames was a River-class submarine launched in 1932 and sunk by a mine in 1940.
 * HMS Thames (1938), a tug in service during WWII
 * HMS Thames has been the name borne by a number of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve tenders since 1949.