HMS Dasher explained

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dasher:

• was an 18-gun sloop launched in Bermuda in 1797. She became a convict hulk in 1832 and was broken up in 1838.
• was a wooden paddle packet launched in 1837 and sold in 1885.
• was a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
• was an launched in 1941. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease in 1942 and was sunk in 1943.
• is an launched in 1986 and currently in service.