HMS Plover explained

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Plover, after the species of bird, the Plover:

• was a 26-gun ship, previously the Dutch Morgen Star. She was captured in 1652 and either sunk in action in 1653 or sold in 1657.
• was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1796 and sold in 1819.
• was a 10-gun launched in 1821 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was sold in 1841.
• was a survey cutter, previously the civilian Bentinck. She was purchased in 1842 and sold in 1854. See William Pullen.
• was an wooden screw gunboat launched in 1855 and sunk in 1859.
• was a gunvessel launched in 1860 and sold into civilian service in 1865, being renamed Hawk.
• was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold for breaking up in 1885.
• was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1888. She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1904 and was sold in 1927.
• was an launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.
• was a minelayer launched in 1937 and sold in 1969.
• HMS Plover (P239) was a patrol vessel launched in 1983. She was sold to the Philippine Navy in 1997 and re-designated the .