HMS Goshawk explained
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goshawk, after the bird of prey, the goshawk. A sixth ship was renamed before being launched:
Ships
- was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1813.
- was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1814 and shipped to Canada for completion. She was found to be unsuitable and was sold in 1815.
- HMS Goshawk was to have been a 12-gun brig-sloop but she was renamed in 1845 before being launched in 1847.
- was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1869.
- was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1872. She was hulked in 1902 and sold c. 1906.
- was an launched in 1911 and sold in 1921.
Shore establishment
