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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Favourite, or HMS Favorite:

  • HMS Favourite may have been a 14-gun sloop launched in 1740.
  • HMS Favourite was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1757 and sold in 1784.
  • HMS Favourite was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794. She was captured by the French in 1806 and renamed Favorite, but was recaptured by the British in 1807 and renamed HMS Goree. She became a prison ship in 1814 and was broken up in 1817.
  • HMS Favorite was a survey cutter purchased in 1805 and sold c. 1813.
  • HMS Favorite was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and broken up in 1821.
  • HMS Favourite was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1829. She became a coal hulk in 1859 and was sold in 1905. She bore the name Favorite between 1836 and 1856, and was designated C3 and later C77 while in use as a coal hulk.
  • HMS Favorite was an ironclad screw corvette launched in 1864 and sold in 1886.


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