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Seven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Penguin'''''. A ''[[penguin]]'' is a flightless [[aquatic bird]].

*{{HMS|Penguin|1757}} was a 20-gun [[post ship]]. She was originally launched in 1731 as ''Dolphine'', then renamed ''Firebrand'', and finally renamed ''Penguin'' in 1757. The French captured her in 1760.
*{{HMS|Penguin|1772}} was an 8-gun [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] building in 1772. She was not completed and was broken up in 1775.
*{{HMS|Penguin|1776}} a 10-gun schooner purchased in [[Newfoundland]] and wrecked in a storm in the [[Bay of Bulls]] in 1778
*[[Dutch brig Komeet (1789)|HMS ''Penguin'']] was a 16-gun [[brig]]. She was originally the Dutch ''Komeet'' and was captured in 1795 by {{HMS|Unicorn|1794|6}} off the coast of Ireland. She was originally named HMS ''Comeet'' before being renamed to HMS ''Penguin'' in 1796. She was sold in 1809.
*{{HMS|Penguin|1813}} was a 19-gun {{sclass|Cruizer|brig-sloop}} launched in 1813. The American ship-sloop {{USS|Hornet|1805 brig|6}} captured her in 1815 off [[Tristan da Cunha]] and afterwards scuttled her as ''Penguin'' was so damaged as to be of no value as a prize.
*{{HMS|Penguin|1838}} was a 6-gun packet brig laid down in 1838. In 1858 she became a coastguard watchvessel. She was renamed ''WV.31'' in 1863 and sold in 1873.
*{{HMS|Penguin|1860}} was a {{sclass|Philomel|gunvessel}} launched in 1860 at Liverpool. She was sold in 1870 for scrap.
*{{HMS|Penguin|1876}} was an {{sclass|Osprey|sloop|2}} launched in 1876. In 1890 she became a [[survey ship]] and in 1908 a depot ship. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1913 and sold in 1924. She became a crane hulk and was burnt in 1960.

==See also==
* [[Penguin (disambiguation)]]
* {{HMAS|Penguin}}, for ships and shore facilities of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] that have borne the same name

==References==
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}

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