HMS Peacock explained

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:

• was a ship captured in 1651 and sold in 1658.
• was an 18-gun launched in 1806 and sunk by in 1813.
• HMS Peacock was an 18-gun sloop, previously . She was captured in 1812, renamed Loup Cervier, renamed Peacock in 1813, and foundered in 1814.
• was a wooden screw launched in 1856 and broken up in 1869.
• was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1888 and sold in 1906.
• was a sloop launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1958.
• HMS Peacock (P239) was a launched in 1982 and sold in 1997 to the Philippine Navy, which re-designated her the .