HMS Quail explained

Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Quail after the quail.

• was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1806 and sold into mercantile service in 1816. She was last listed in 1816.
• was a cutter tender launched in 1817. There were plans to rename her HMS Providence in 1822, but this never happened, and she was broken up by 1829.
• was a 4-gun cutter launched 1830 and fitted out for the Liberian government in 1859.
• was an wood screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1861.
• was a launched in 1895. She was reclassified as a in 1913 and was sold for scrap in 1919.
• was a Q-class destroyer launched in 1942. She struck a mine on 15 November 1943 and sank while under tow on 18 June 1944.