HMS Peterel explained

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

• (ex-Duchess of Manchester) was a survey sloop, purchased in 1777 and sold in 1788.
• (also known as Peterell) was a 24-gun sloop launched in 1794. In 1798 she was captured by four Spanish frigates off Minorca, but was recaptured the next day by . She was sold in 1827.
• was a 6-gun packet brig-sloop launched in 1838 and sold off in 1862.
• was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold off in 1901.
• was a launched in 1899 and sold off in 1919.
• was a river gunboat launched in 1927 and sunk in 1941.
• was a launched in 1976 and sold in 1991.