HMS Adelaide explained

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Adelaide. They should not be confused with three ships of the Royal Australian Navy named .

The British warships are:

• was a tender, formerly the slaver Josephine, purchased in 1827 and sold in 1833.
• was a tender, formerly a slaver, purchased in 1848 and wrecked in 1850.
• HMS Adelaide was a tender, transferred from the War Department in 1905 as . She was renamed HMS Adelaide in 1907, HMS Adda in 1915, HMS St Angelo in 1933 and was sold in 1937.