Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Tyrian: was a 10-gun brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1819. was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1826 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was used as a quarantine hulk from 1847, a coastguard depot ship from 1866, and was sold in 1892. was a wooden screw gunboat launched in 1861, used as a tug from 1883 and was sold in 1891. was an launched in 1919 and scrapped in 1930. was a T-class destroyer launched in 1942. She was converted to a Type 16 frigate between 1951 and 1952, and was scrapped in 1965. Royal Navy ship names