HMS Alfred explained

Four ships that served the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alfred:

• was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line, launched 1778 and out of service in 1814
• , launched in 1774 as Black Prince, was captured by British warships on March 9, 1778, near Barbados, and served as HMS Alfred, a sloop of 20 guns, until 1782.
• was a 8-gun armed brig, hired between 1793 and 1801
• was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, launched in 1811 as HMS Asia, renamed HMS Alfred in 1819 and broken up in 1865
• was a screw storeship, renamed HMS Abundance in 1855, out of service in 1856