Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Contest:
- HMS Contest or Gunboat No. 16 was a 14-gun vessel launched in 1797 and broken up in 1799.
- HMS Contest was a 5-gun gun-brig, previously the Dutch Hell-hound. She was captured in 1799 and broken up in 1803.
- HMS Contest was a 14-gun schooner purchased in 1799 and broken up later that year.
- HMS Contest was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804, which foundered in 1809.
- HMS Contest was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1812 and wrecked in 1828.
- HMS Contest was a 12-gun brig launched in 1846 and broken up in 1868.
- HMS Contest was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1874 and scrapped in 1889.
- HMS Contest was a Banshee class destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1911.
- HMS Contest was an Acasta class destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk by SM U-106 in 1917.
- HMS Contest was a C class destroyer launched in 1944 and sold in 1960.
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Famous quotes containing the word contest:
“Another danger is imminent: A contested result. And we have no such means for its decision as ought to be provided by law. This must be attended to hereafter.... If a contest comes now it may lead to a conflict of arms. I can only try to do my duty to my countrymen in that case. I shall let no personal ambition turn me from the path of duty. Bloodshed and civil war must be averted if possible. If forced to fight, I have no fears from lack of courage or firmness.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)