HMS Beaver

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver, after the animal, the beaver:


 * HMS Beaver (1656), a ketch in the Royalist navy, captured by Parliamentary forces in 1656 and broken up two years later.
 * HMS Beaver (1757), 18, a sloop originally called Trudaine and operating as a French privateer, but captured in 1757 and renamed before being sold in 1761.
 * HMS Beaver (1761), 14, a sloop launched in 1761 and sold in 1783.
 * HMS Beaver (1795), 14, a sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1808.
 * HMS Beaver (1809), 10, a launched in 1809 and sold in 1829
 * HMS Beaver (1837), a wooden paddle packet originally operating as a Post Office vessel but transferred to the Royal Navy in 1837. It became a dockyard lighter in 1845.
 * HMS Beaver (1855), an launched in 1855 and broken up in 1864.
 * HMS Beaver (1905), a 125 ton tender transferred from the War Department to the Royal Navy in 1905 and sold in 1911.
 * HMS Beaver (1911), an launched in 1911 and sold in 1921.
 * HMS Beaver (F93), a Type 22, or Broadsword-class frigate launched in 1982 and scrapped in 2001.