Ships
- HMS Gannet was a 16-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1800 and sold in 1814.
- HMS Gannet was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1814 and sold in 1838.
- HMS Gannet was a wooden Racer-class screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1887.
- HMS Gannet was an Doterel-class screw sloop launched in 1878. She became a training ship in 1903 and was renamed HMS President, and was then lent as the training ship Mercury. She was transferred as a museum ship in 1987 and is preserved in dry dock at Chatham Dockyard.
- HMS Gannet was a composite Nymphe-class screw sloop launched in 1888 as Nymphe. She became a base ship and was renamed Wildfire in 1906, renamed Gannet in 1916, and then Pembroke in 1917. She was sold in 1920.
- HMS Gannet was a Medina-class iron screw gunboat launched in 1877 as Trent. She was renamed Pembroke in 1905, becoming a diving tender and being renamed Gannet in 1917. She was sold in 1923.
- HMS Gannet was a river gunboat launched in 1927 and transferred to the Chinese Navy in 1942, being renamed Ying Shan. She was on their lists until 1975.
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