HMS Magnet

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Magnet:


 * HMS Magnet (1807) was an 18-gun launched in 1807 and lost in 1809
 * HMS Magnet (1809) was a 16-gun brig-sloop, previously the French privateer St Joseph. She was captured in 1809 and foundered in 1812
 * HMS Magnet (1812) was a 10-gun brig, formerly the civilian ship Governor Simcoe. She was purchased in 1812 and renamed HMS Sir Sydney Smith. She was renamed HMS Magnet in 1814, and was burnt later that year
 * HMS Magnet (1823) was a 3-gun packet brig launched in 1823 and sold in 1847
 * HMS Magnet (1830) was a gunboat listed between 1830 and 1846
 * HMS Magnet (1855) was a mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed MV 15 later that year, became a dockyard craft in 1857 and was broken up in 1867
 * HMS Magnet (1856) was an wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1874.
 * HMS Magnet (1885) was an iron tug, initially stationed at Devonport, but from 1891 <1891 UK census records> onwards at Portsmouth, where she was a tender to HMS Victory, and classified as a Special Service Vessel.
 * HMS Magnet (Z27) was a launched in 1938.