HMS Rose and similar, is the name of several ships. These include: Royal Navy ships designated "HMS" Twenty ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Rose or HMS Rose after the rose: was a King's ship in 1222. was a Cinque Ports ship in 1300. She was captured by the French in 1338 but was retaken in 1340. was a ballinger acquired in 1419 and sold in 1425. was a galley listed from 1512 until 1521. was a 6-gun pink launched in 1657 and transferred in 1661 to the Irish Packet Service. was a 4-gun fireship captured from the Algerians in 1670 and expended in 1671. was a 6-gun dogger captured from the Dutch in 1672 and lost in 1673. was a 28-gun fifth rate launched in 1674, converted into a fireship in 1689 and sold in 1698. (also known as Sally Rose) was a 16-gun sixth rate, formerly a Salé pirate captured in 1684 and sold in 1696. was a 20-gun sixth rate purchased in 1709 and sold in 1712. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712, rebuilt in 1724, hulked in 1739 and sold in 1744. was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and sold in 1755. was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1757 and sunk as a block ship in 1779. was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1783 and wrecked in 1794. was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1817 for breaking up. was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1821 and broken up in 1851. was an launched in 1856 and broken up in 1868. was a survey cutter purchased in 1857. She was stranded in 1864 and the wreck later sold. was a coastguard yawl launched in 1880 and sold in 1906. was a launched in 1941. She was lent to the Royal Norwegian Navy and sank in 1944 after colliding with . Other vessels – any one of five hired armed vessels that served the Royal Navy between 1799 and 1804 , a 1970 replica of the 1757 HMS Rose, now named HMS Surprise, originally launched as HMS Rose See also Rose (disambiguation) Notes Royal Navy ship names