Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vigo, after the Battle of Vigo Bay. HMS Vigo was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693 as . She was captured by the French in 1695, retaken in 1702 and renamed HMS Vigo, and was wrecked in 1703. was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1810, used as a receiving ship from 1827, and broken up in 1865. HMS Vigo was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1817 as . She was reduced to harbour service in 1848, renamed HMS Vigo in 1865 and was sold in 1884. HMS Vigo was to have been an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer. She was cancelled in December 1918. was a launched in 1945 and broken up 1964. Royal Navy ship names