HMS Hotspur

HMS Hotspur

Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hotspur after the nickname of Sir Henry Percy:

• HMS Hotspur (1810), a 36-gun fifth-rate in service from 1810 to 1821
• HMS Hotspur (1828), a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1828, a chapel hulk after 1859, renamed Monmouth in 1868, and sold in 1902
• HMS Hotspur (1870), an armoured ram launched in 1870 and sold in 1904
• HMS Hotspur (H01), an H-class destroyer launched in 1936 and transferred to the Dominican Republic in 1948