HMS Childers explained

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Childers:

• was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1778 and broken up in 1811.
• was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1812 and broken up in 1822.
• was a 16-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1827 and sold in 1865.
• was a torpedo boat launched in 1883, assigned to the colonial naval forces in Australia, and sold in 1918.
• was a destroyer launched in 1945 and scrapped in 1963.