HMS Lyra

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lyra, after the constellation Lyra, itself from the Greek for Lyre:


 * HMS Lyra (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1818.
 * HMS Lyra (1821) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1821 and sold in 1845.
 * HMS Lyra (1857) was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1876.
 * HMS Lyra (1910) was an Acorn-class destroyer launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.