HMS Goelan

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goelan, the Anglicization of Goéland, the Breton word for seagull:


 * HMS Goelan was the French 14-gun sloop Goéland, which HMS Penelope (1783) and HMS Proserpine (1777) captured in 1793, and which was sold in 1794.
 * HMS Goelan (1803) was the French 16-gun brig-sloop Goéland, which was part of the capitulation on 13 October 1803 at Aux Cayes; HMS Pique and HMS Pelican (1795) were listed as the captors. Goelan was broken up in 1810.